RE: non profit status

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

It would be great if you could refer me to someone – my boyfriend is a lawyer and he could probably do all the paper work for me, but he is not familiar with all the details at all – I would appreciate it, Michelle! Thank you!   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 2:24 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: non profit status   The details may depend on the state you are in, so the best thing would be to talk to someone in your state.  I can try to refer you to my friend, or you can contact the Animal Legal Defense Fund (they have a website) and ask them for a list of attorney members in your state who might help you with figuring this stuff out. You would not be required to do adoptions, but the animals would become the "property" legally of the nonprofit, not of you (awful, but they are still considered property legally).  The requirements regarding boards do vary, I think. Michelle     In a message dated 6/27/05 4:14:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thank you!  Let me ask you this - I am sort of on my own - I have no one really helping me do anything - I pay all the expenses with my pay check from my job - on a bookkeeping process, do I have to donate my pay check to my "sanctuary" to get tax break - or how does it work?  Does the board of directors have to reside in the same country - what's the minimum number of peoples who need to be on the board besides myself - Again, do you have to be adopting out animals to be qualified? Or are you going to be punished for it?  Does this status have anything to do with animal services division by any chance (I am trying to stay away from them as much as possible) -