Apply for 501(c)(3) status
Forming a nonprofit does not make it tax exempt. That is a separate IRS application, and we prepare and file the streamlined version for $50 plus the IRS's own fee.
What you get
- Form 1023-EZ prepared and submitted within one business day
- IRS user fee of $275 shown as its own line, at cost
- We check EZ eligibility first and refund rather than misfile
- No government fee is marked up, federal or state
Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Filed within one business day
One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.
A specialist reads every filing
Prepared and checked by someone who files these all day. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.
Registered agent at $99, only if you want one
The lowest published rate of the five services we compare, sitting beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.
One price, and nothing starts on its own
$100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.
How it works
Tell us about your business
Your exact total is on this page before you type anything, and nothing is charged until the last step.
We prepare and file it
A specialist reads every order and files it within one business day. If something looks wrong, we email you before filing, not after.
You get your documents
Confirmation, your stamped documents, and what to do next, in your inbox and your account as the filing moves.
Common questions
Organisations projecting under $50,000 in annual gross receipts for the next three years, with assets under $250,000, and formed in the United States. There are other exclusions, including churches and schools, and we check yours before filing.
We tell you and refund your service fee. The full Form 1023 costs $600 in IRS fees and takes considerably more work; we would rather point you at it than quietly file the wrong application and have it rejected.
That is entirely the IRS's timetable, not ours, and it moves around. We prepare and submit within one business day and we do not publish a promise about what happens after that, because we do not control it.
Yes. The IRS is recognising an organisation that already exists, so the state filing comes first. We do that too, for $100 plus your state's fee.
Other filings we handle
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FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice, including advice on which entity type, election, or state fits your situation. For that, talk to a licensed professional.