It's official - We're Incorporated!

We have been non-stop in our preparation for the trip to Hawaii and the Hawaiian Research Project. With the aid of the Nolo "How to Form a Non-Profit in California", we have finally finished both our State and Federal Tax Exempt Applications!

The State Application was sent out immediately once we received our Officially Filed Articles of Incorporation back from the Secretary of State! After one missed and one successful filing attempt, we celebrate being an official organization as of July 6th, 2010. Therefore, we are now waiting for the response back about our State Tax Exempt Status. There were no fees for filing, unlike the $400 it will take to file the Federal Application. (That will have to wait until after our Hawaii adventure, to see if it is in our budget)

We are confident that everything will go smoothly in the evaluation process and we will hear back from the State within a couple of months.