colorisnteverything wrote:
That is a really bare bones 990. When I was in a nonprofit class last year, we were far more detailed in the fake 501(c)(3) paperwork we set up. I don't think there's anything suspicious necessarily in the 990 but it's pretty bare. The section O is WAY more simplistic than almost any I've seen for a legit charity in the past.

Also, depending on the state, you *can* have family members on the board. However, they all should have to fill out conflict of interest information and I was told it was a "red flag" at least when it comes to grant funding.

I'm comparing this to service orgs, though, which are a pretty different type of organization altogether. So I'm not sure how "normal" that is. Running a nonprofit is really hard and really stressful.
I think it would be very hard to meet all the requirements.

If I could ask you to look at the paperwork from another angle for a moment and if you wanted to shelter as much of your normal expenses on horses and create a big tax write off what would the paperwork look like?