Example form 1023ez
Example form 1023ez
determine if you are eligible to file this form. Form 1023-EZ is filed electronically only on Pay.gov.
Go to www.irs.gov/form1023ez for additional filing information.
Form 1023-EZ Streamlined Application for Recognition of Exemption OMB No. 1545-0056
(June 2014)
Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
Note: If exempt status is
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a Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public. approved, this application will
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be open for public inspection.
Internal Revenue Service a Information about Form 1023-EZ and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form1023.
Check this box to attest that you have completed the Form 1023-EZ Eligibility Worksheet in the current instructions, are eligible to apply
for exemption using Form 1023-EZ, and have read and understand the requirements to be exempt under section 501(c)(3).
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Part I Identification of Applicant
1a Full Name of Organization
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b Address (number, street, and room/suite). If a P.O. box, see instructions. c City d State e Zip Code + 4
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2 Employer Identification Number 3 Month Tax Year Ends (MM) 4 Person to Contact if More Information is Needed
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5 Contact Telephone Number 6 Fax Number (optional) 7 User Fee Submitted
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8 List the names, titles, and mailing addresses of your officers, directors, and/or trustees. (If you have more than five, see instructions.)
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First Name: Last Name: Title:
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Street Address: City: State: Zip Code + 4:
6 Section 501(c)(3) requires that your organizing document must not expressly empower you to engage, otherwise than as an insubstantial part of
your activities, in activities that in themselves are not in furtherance of one or more exempt purposes.
Check this box to attest that your organizing document does not expressly empower you to engage, otherwise than as an insubstantial
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part of your activities, in activities that in themselves are not in furtherance of one or more exempt purposes.
7 Section 501(c)(3) requires that your organizing document must provide that upon dissolution, your remaining assets be used exclusively for
section 501(c)(3) exempt purposes. Depending on your entity type and the state in which you are formed, this requirement may be satisfied by
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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the instructions. Catalog No. 66267N Form 1023-EZ (6-2014)
You must complete the Form 1023-EZ Eligibility Worksheet in the Instructions for Form 1023-EZ to
determine if you are eligible to file this form. Form 1023-EZ is filed electronically only on Pay.gov.
Go to www.irs.gov/form1023ez for additional filing information.
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1 Enter the appropriate 3-character NTEE Code that best describes your activities (See the instructions):
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2 To qualify for exemption as a section 501(c)(3) organization, you must be organized and operated exclusively to further one or more of the
following purposes. By checking the box or boxes below, you attest that you are organized and operated exclusively to further the purposes
indicated. Check all that apply.
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Charitable Religious Educational
Scientific Literary Testing for public safety
To foster national or international amateur sports competition Prevention of cruelty to children or animals
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3 To qualify for exemption as a section 501(c)(3) organization, you must:
• Refrain from supporting or opposing candidates in political campaigns in any way.
• Ensure that your net earnings do not inure in whole or in part to the benefit of private shareholders or individuals (that is, board members,
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officers, key management employees, or other insiders).
• Not further non-exempt purposes (such as purposes that benefit private interests) more than insubstantially.
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• Not be organized or operated for the primary purpose of conducting a trade or business that is not related to your exempt purpose(s).
• Not devote more than an insubstantial part of your activities attempting to influence legislation or, if you made a section 501(h) election, not
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normally make expenditures in excess of expenditure limitations outlined in section 501(h).
• Not provide commercial-type insurance as a substantial part of your activities.
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Check this box to attest that you have not conducted and will not conduct activities that violate these prohibitions and restrictions.
4 Do you or will you attempt to influence legislation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No
(If yes, consider filing Form 5768. See the instructions for more details.)
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5 Do you or will you pay compensation to any of your officers, directors, or trustees? . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No
(Refer to the instructions for a definition of compensation.)
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6 Do you or will you donate funds to or pay expenses for individual(s)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No
7 Do you or will you conduct activities or provide grants or other assistance to individual(s) or organization(s) outside the
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United States? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Do you or will you engage in financial transactions (for example, loans, payments, rents, etc.) with any of your officers,
. Yes No
Part IV is designed to classify you as an organization that is either a private foundation or a public charity. Public charity
status is a more favorable tax status than private foundation status.
1 If you qualify for public charity status, check the appropriate box (1a – 1c below) and skip to Part V below.
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a Check this box to attest that you normally receive at least one-third of your support from public sources or you normally receive at least 10
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percent of your support from public sources and you have other characteristics of a publicly supported organization. Sections 509(a)(1) and
170(b)(1)(A)(vi).
b Check this box to attest that you normally receive more than one-third of your support from a combination of gifts, grants, contributions,
membership fees, and gross receipts (from permitted sources) from activities related to your exempt functions and normally receive not more
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than one-third of your support from investment income and unrelated business taxable income. Section 509(a)(2).
c Check this box to attest that you are operated for the benefit of a college or university that is owned or operated by a governmental unit.
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specific provisions in your organizing document, unless you rely on the operation of state law in the state in which you were formed to meet
these requirements. These specific provisions require that you operate to avoid liability for private foundation excise taxes under sections
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4941-4945.
Check this box to attest that your organizing document contains the provisions required by section 508(e) or that your organizing document
does not need to include the provisions required by section 508(e) because you rely on the operation of state law in your particular state to
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meet the requirements of section 508(e). (See the instructions for explanation of the section 508(e) requirements.)
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You must complete the Form 1023-EZ Eligibility Worksheet in the Instructions for Form 1023-EZ to
determine if you are eligible to file this form. Form 1023-EZ is filed electronically only on Pay.gov.
Go to www.irs.gov/form1023ez for additional filing information.
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Complete this section only if you are applying for reinstatement of exemption after being automatically revoked for failure to
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file required annual returns or notices for three consecutive years, and you are applying for reinstatement under section 4 or 7
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of Revenue Procedure 2014-11. (Check only one box.)
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1 Check this box if you are seeking retroactive reinstatement under section 4 of Revenue Procedure 2014-11. By checking this box, you attest
that you meet the specified requirements of section 4, that your failure to file was not intentional, and that you have put in place procedures
to file required returns or notices in the future. (See the instructions for requirements.)
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Check this box if you are seeking reinstatement under section 7 of Revenue Procedure 2014-11, effective the date you are filling this
application.
Part VI Signature
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I declare under the penalties of perjury that I am authorized to sign this application on behalf of the above organization
and that I have examined this application, and to the best of my knowledge it is true, correct, and complete.
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