# anyone with experience with starting a non profit buisness? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430 "2004-08-18T11:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/1 "2004-08-18T11:18:40Z")
like the title states, looking to see if anyone has experience setting up a sole propreitorship and then becoming a non profit entity. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_SINISTER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sinister/32/5970_2.png) [@imported\_SINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_SINISTER)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/2 "2004-08-18T11:21:34Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > like the title states, looking to see if anyone has experience setting up a sole propreitorship and then becoming a non profit entity. mike has experience with the sole propreitoirship that how he orginally had the shop set up not sure how it is now give him a ring at the shop ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/3 "2004-08-18T12:03:09Z")
alrighty, thanks ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/4 "2004-08-18T12:22:49Z")
I have some experience with it, did a sole proprietorship for school when we did an invest ment firm type deal, and we also had files with the state for non-profit because of the fact we were using it to learn… I’ll try and help as much as I can if you want to PM me or hit me up on AIM. ---
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/5 "2004-08-19T12:53:20Z")
look up info on getting a 501c3 tax code designation on-line. If you have specific questions IM or email me. My GF is in the non-profit world in pittsburgh. She knows her shiznit. ---
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/6 "2004-08-19T12:54:43Z")
she’s actually working for a for-profit subsidiary of a non-profit corporation. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-with-experience-with-starting-a-non-profit-buisness/168430/7 "2004-08-19T13:02:17Z")
i used to work for a non-profit… i only know the computer end ☹