ACC - Center For Nonprofit Studies

A leading provider of nonprofit workforce and career development in Central Texas for individuals at any skill level seeking to be more effective in, and to advance in their professional or volunteer pursuits.

The Center for Nonprofit Studies at Austin Community College (CNS) focuses on nonprofit workforce and career development for individuals seeking additional skills to be more effective in, and to advance in their professional or volunteer nonprofit careers.

Should I Create Another Nonprofit?

Before you engage in “the process”, you should explore whether the creation of the nonprofit is what you really want to do? That requires a basic understanding of what is a nonprofit as well as an honest review of why you want to start the nonprofit organization and what you perceive as the benefits of doing so both for yourself and for the cause or issue you want to address.

An excellent resource in this regard is Get Ready Get Set: What You Need to Know Before Starting a Nonprofit C-MAP (California Management Assistance Partnership).

In addition, Texas C-Bar (www.texascbar.org) has compiled an excellent set of resources available to both individuals and lawyers interested in starting ands managing a nonprofit organizations. Under their Pre-Incorporation section you will find:

Based on the hundreds of conversations I have had with individuals interested in starting a nonprofit, be aware that it is not a family business. Once created, legal control of the entity rests with the Board of Directors. While initially that group may be comprised of individuals well known to you, over time (if not immediately), a good deal of the organization’s credibility will rely upon the diversity of your Board and it its perceived ability to govern – not just do as the founder wishes!

So, if your intent is to create an entity that you can control, or which will be a source of revenue to you, you might reconsider creating a nonprofit organization and create a for-profit entity.

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