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Re: Is your FRC team a nonprofit?

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Originally Posted by Carol View Post
As was stated already, schools are already 501c3 organizations and you can use their tax id number (also called a EIN) to give to donors who want to write-off their donations.
This is incorrect. Schools are not 501c3 organizations. I thought the same thing until i tried to write a grant and one of the requirements was a EIN for the 501c3 organization. I put our school's number on the application and it was kicked back for not being on the federal list. School districts have gotten around this by creating a foundation for the entire school system that is 501c3 compliant. My county has no such foundation. I had to get help from my state FIRST organization to push the grant through.

Edit: ok it might not be totally incorrect. i'm just giving you my experience.
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