[hackerspaces] IRS 1023-EZ form?

[Shirley Hicks]

We filed our 1023-EZ at the beginning of December. Haven't heard anything yet. 

Shirley Hicks
Red Mountain Makers
Birmingham, AL

On Jan 8, 2015, at 7:48 AM, dosman <dosman at packetsniffers.org> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Sorry to bring up this topic sort-of again, but has any (US) space gotten a 501c3 determination letter using the 1023-EZ form? (I apologize if I’ve missed previous discussion about this). I’m curious what other spaces experiences are with this method.
> 
> For those possibly not aware, the EZ form is new as of summer 2014, is half the price to submit, is only 3 pages long, only for orgs making less than $50k a year, and reportedly takes only 2-4 weeks to receive your determination letter. The downside is that you are “agreeing under penalty or perjury” that you qualify to be a 501c3 without the IRS doing much checking. The IRS has promised it’s not setting people up to be audited by using this form, but the vetting process is obviously abrupt.
> 
> There’s a lot of discussion about this new process online already, just curious if many spaces have already gone this route and what their experiences have been.
> 
> Thanks,
> -dosman
> 
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