Nonprofit Formation

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COOK Alliance

501(c)(3) Filing

Summary:

Assist a social enterprise working to ensure culinary entrepreneurship is accessible to all with its 501(c)(3) filing.

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Jurisdictions: California
About the Organization: The COOK Alliance is a social enterprise working to legitimize and support informal home cooking businesses so that culinary entrepreneurship is accessible to all, and particularly empowering for homemakers, caretakers, women, people of color and immigrants.
Legal Entity Type: Nonprofit/Charity
SDG(s):Good Health and Well Being, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships to achieve the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production
Legal Issue(s):

Cook Alliance is currently fiscally sponsored, but they are looking to formalize independently and file for their own 501c3. They are seeking assistance with their incorporation and 501c3 filing.

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Adumu Impact

Establish 501c3

Summary:

Assist a charity restoring land rights to the Maasai people establish a 501c3.

Referred by:

Jurisdictions: U.S. (CA)
About the Organization: Adumu Impact is a charitable organization established to restore land, rights, culture, and economic self-determination to the Indigenous Maasai and other host communities through equitable ecotourism, regional tourism reform, and community wildlife conservation.
Legal Entity Type: Nonprofit/Charity
SDG(s):Climate Action, End Poverty, Life on Land (sustainability of ecosystems), Partnerships to achieve the Goals, Reduced Inequalities
Legal Issue(s):

Adumu Impact is a public charity registered in CA. They are currently under fiscal sponsorship, but would like to apply for their own 501c3 status. They are seeking assistance completing and filing the IRS documents and would appreciate help with board formation and bylaw review.

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