Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 4, 1 April 1996 — Workshop: Establishing non-profit status [ARTICLE]

Workshop: Establishing non-profit status

m "" " 1 y ■ • -v' - -W' " - Hawai'i Community Foundation (HCF), in collaboration with Hawai'i Lawyers Care, is sponsoring a half-day legal elinie to providē ieehnieal assistance to Hawaiian groups on how to establish a non-profit status. The workshop will be held at the HCF office from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 13. HCF is located at 900 Fort Street Mall, Pioneer Plaza Building, Suite 1300. The workshop is free but seating is limited to 25 qualified registrants. Deadline for registration is April 3.

The workshop is designed for Hawaiian and Filipino groups without 501 (c)3 status but doing charitable work in their eommunities. It will cover topics including discussion of the advantages of becoming a 501(c)3 non-prof-it, tax-exempt organization; methods for filing for corporate status; and reviewing fiscal sponsorship through an already established 501(c)3 corporation. To request an application form to attend the workshop, eall Hawai'i Community Foundation at 537-6333 and ask for Uluhani Montri.