Nonprofit Forms

Domestic (N.H.)
 

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For your convenience, all forms can be filled out online then printed and mailed to us.  One original and one exact or conformed copy must be submitted to the Corporate Division when this requirement is indicated on the bottom of the filing form or in the instructions.  Please ensure that forms are printed on 8.5" x 11" paper in black ink.

Subsequent to filing with the Secretary of State, a copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town or city in which the mailing address of the corporation is located.

Checks should be made payable to "State of New Hampshire".

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If you intend to apply for IRS federal tax exemption as a charitable organization, your articles of incorporation must contain a required purposed clause and a dissolution of assets provision.  Detailed information on filing a Section 501(c)(3) organization can be found here; it includes sample articles of incorporation.  Other information on 501(c)(3) qualification can be found on the IRS website, www.irs.gov by clicking the “Charities and Nonprofits” link and then the Life Cycle of a Public Charity link.
 

ATTENTION ALL NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS:
Any nonprofit organization that 1) will be applying to the IRS to be a 501(c)(3) organization and/or 2) will solicit donations or distribute funds in the state of N.H. and/or 3) is formed for any purpose enumerated in RSA 7:21, II is required to register with and report to the Attorney General, Charitable Trusts Unit on form NHCT-1.  Click here to download the form.