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Form your nonprofit for $100 flat

Nonprofit articles of incorporation filed in your state, written so the 501(c)(3) application afterwards is not held up by wording the state was perfectly happy with.

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Filed with your state within one business day

$100

plus your state's fee

Pick your state below and the exact government fee itemises here.

1. Which state?

2. The details

We write the purpose and dissolution clauses the IRS requires into the articles, so the 501(c)(3) application later is not blocked by wording the state was happy with.

Federal tax ID (EIN)

Banks require an EIN to open a business account, and you need one to hire or to file most tax returns. We prepare the application and obtain the number for you once the company is filed.

Registered agent

Every LLC must name a registered agent with a physical street address in the state, available during business hours. Pick whichever suits you; there is no wrong answer.

3. Review and pay

Pick a state above to see your total.

What happens once you pay

  • Filed with your state within one business day
  • A specialist reads your order first. If anything looks wrong, we email you before filing, not after.
  • Rejected by the agency? We fix it and file again at no charge.
  • If we cannot get it filed at all, you get everything back, including the government fee.
  • Track it in your account with your email address. There is no password to invent.

State processing after that is the agency's queue, which runs from same day to a few weeks depending on where you are filing. We do not control it, so we do not promise a date for it.

Payment is handled by Stripe. Nothing is filed until payment clears, and government fees are refunded in full if we cannot file.

What you get

  • Filed within one business day of your order
  • IRS purpose and dissolution clauses written into the articles
  • 501(c)(3) application available separately for $50 plus the IRS's $275
  • State fee itemised separately and passed through at cost

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

  1. Tell us about your business

    Your exact total is on this page before you type anything, and nothing is charged until the last step.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

No, and this catches people out. Forming the corporation is a state filing. Tax-exempt status is a separate IRS application, Form 1023 or 1023-EZ, made afterwards. A nonprofit that never files it is simply a corporation that cannot distribute profits.

The IRS will not grant exemption unless your articles limit the organisation to exempt purposes and commit its assets to another exempt organisation if it dissolves. Plenty of state templates omit both. Fixing it later means an amendment, so we write it in now.

Most states want at least one director named, and several want three. The order form asks, and we tell you what your state requires before you pay.

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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.