$1500 to apply for your 501c???
I got mine for free! A little resaearch online and I had the forms needed. I filled them out, sent them in and recieved the 501c status in two months. Now what I have done with that is going to cost me buck that is for sure. Setting up a corporation costs money. But actually getting the 501c status at most cost me like $10. (there is the $10 figure popping up its ugly head again
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To all this who are getting the 501c status.... start a corporation. The one where it officers cannot be held liable for the business. The woirse thing to happen is for one of your adoption to harm someone, then it can come back to you and you could be held laible. If the corporation is set up correctly, only the corporation would be held liable, not its officers. I wouldn't want to see anyone lose their homes becuase someone got bit by a iguana of burmese and now wants to sure the reusce that they adopted it from.
Good Luck