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My weblog (blog) for recent material on running a homeschool organization
Recent entries:
Paying an honorarium to a co-op teacher
How much money can a homeschool group earn?
New IRS reporting for small nonprofits

New! My ebooks 
Money Management for Homeschool Organizations and
Tax Exempt 501c3 Status for Homeschool Organizations

New! The Homeschool Co-op Planner
An e-book written by Julie Forsythe, a co-op leader for 5 years in West Virginia. This resource includes printable forms, idea lists, and many recommendations and suggestions to help you along the way.

eCoops.com
Homeschool mom and computer database expert, Pam McBride, has created an online data management system designed especially for homeschool co-ops.  It is an affordable, flexible subscription service that is now available to any co-op.  Make registration, organization, schedules, class rosters and file transfers easy!

Form1023help.com
A helpful site written by a former IRS employee offering guidance on applying for 501c3 tax exempt status

Forming Your Co-op into a private school
Advice on how your homeschool co-op can become a private school from an experienced homeschool leader

The Old Schoolhouse Leadership Yahoo Group
A great forum linking homeschool leaders from acros the nation.  Discuss problems, ideas,  information and receive encouragement.

Internal Revenue Service Charities and Nonprofits Page
Go to the source.  An excellent site on IRS regulations of charities and nonprofits

Hurwit and Associates: Legal Counsel for the Nonprofit Sector
A very helpful website operated by a law firm.  They offer a Law Resource Library with many good articles and a list of nonprofit filing requirements by state.  To see what your state requires from nonprofits click on the "State by State Filings" on the left column.

Quality 990: Improving IRS Reporting
Tips on filing the annual IRS Information Return, Form 990

Reality Check
Several maunals on using Quickbooks available for free download

Free Management Library
A library for nonprofits

Non-Profit Organizations from FindLaw.com
Good information on nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit Genie
Information on starting a nonprofit organization