Nonprofit Financial Commons | Sara.A.Peterson | Activity https://nonprofitfinancials.org/members/sarapeterson/activity/ Activity feed for Sara.A.Peterson. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:44:28 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.3.70 en-US 30 hourly 2 7094a11fdb6f3fcb6039bfab14c5c3f8 Sara.A.Peterson replied to a discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-verify-the-legal-status-of-individual-organizations-or-nonprofits/#post-3364 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:12:33 -0500 Reply to How do I verify the legal status of individual organizations or nonprofits?

You can easily check a number of things online: 1) incorporation using the Secretary of State business lookup tool for the organization’s HQ state. 2) exempt status with the IRS: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/search-for-tax-exempt-organizations. 3) financials through https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/. 4) “transparency”…

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