State guides
How to Start a Nonprofit in Your State
Every state sets its own filing fee, board minimum and charity rules. Choose yours for the exact steps, in order, with each fee linked to the agency that sets it.
All 50 guides were checked against official sources in November 2026.
Every guide includes
The same four things, for your state.
The filing, with the fee
The state form, who files it, what it costs and what the board must look like.
The steps in order
From the state filing through the IRS application and any charity registration.
Ongoing filings
Annual or biennial reports and renewals, and when they are due.
Linked sources
Each figure links to the agency page or statute it came from. Where a source could not be confirmed, the page says so.
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Every Document a New Nonprofit Needs
Articles, bylaws, minutes, the exemption application, the policies and the filings: the whole sequence a new organization has to produce, in the order it arrives.