12. How To Be Awesome At Starting Your Own Nonprofit
How To Be Awesome At Everything
Lindsay Dickhout
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Lindsay goes through the 10 steps she thinks you should take if you want to start your own non-profit.
1. Volunteer at places that interest youÂ
2. See what the void isÂ
3. Make a plan and run it by peopleÂ
4. Form a legal 501(c)3 non-profitÂ
5. Get the word out! Â Start social media accounts & an email list
6. Create own websiteÂ
7. Figure out ways to raise money & how to get people to volunteerÂ
8. Start making an impact! (Start grass roots style)
9. Keep it small or grow it bigÂ
10. Keep your eye on the overall mission!
Here are a few links to help with the logistics to form your own nonprofit!
*After you determine your name, secure the URL for it on www.godaddy.com
*After you draft and file the articles of incorporation (templates can be found online)Â Â File here!
https://formswift.com/articles-of-incorporation
*To apply for federal tax exemption with the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/applying-for-tax-exempt-status
*To apply for your states tax exemption with your states Franchise Tax Board (FTB)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today, we're talking about how to start your own nonprofit. |
| 0:03.7 | I was so surprised when I posted on my Instagram story that I wanted to do a podcast on this topic, |
| 0:09.4 | and I got so many messages of people saying, yes, please do it. |
| 0:12.9 | So I am pumped to share all that I've learned and how you can absolutely start your own nonprofit |
| 0:19.2 | around whatever cause speaks to you the most. |
| 0:23.2 | We usually think about volunteering and donating the most during the holiday season, |
| 0:28.0 | but it's a very cool thing to make it a part of your life and your family's life all year round. |
| 0:34.0 | Today, we're talking about everything you need to know to start your very own nonprofit |
| 0:38.7 | and do some good for this world. Let's go. You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at |
| 0:44.1 | Everything podcast, where we're obsessed with life hacks that make your life more awesome. Your |
| 0:50.2 | host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife, and someone who wants to do things over the top at all times. |
| 0:58.9 | This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting to give to her kids one day. |
| 1:04.8 | And now it's a podcast. |
| 1:06.5 | Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do. Here's Lindsay. |
| 1:12.7 | I am so passionate about my nonprofit. I'm excited to get into this today. So a little backstory, |
| 1:18.7 | just for context, I started my nonprofit, the happiness project, 13 years ago before I had kids |
| 1:26.4 | and even before I was married. I was in my 20s and building my |
| 1:30.4 | business and I just wanted to start something else, something that impacted others and helped |
| 1:36.7 | people that needed help. I was volunteering at homeless shelters and soup kitchens and visiting |
| 1:42.7 | free housing facilities and just helping with whatever |
| 1:46.3 | they needed. I talked to people and I learned everything I could about what the shelters or |
| 1:52.0 | the groups could provide and what the people they served needed. So in my case, I was focusing on |
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