Did You Miss the Deadline?
SPECIAL ALERT:
(Updated 6/9/11)
On June 8, 2011, the IRS released a list of 4,025
Arizona nonprofits that had their tax-exempt status automatically revoked due to failure to file annual returns. If your nonprofit is on
this list,
your tax-exemption status has been revoked! If your nonprofit is on the list, the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits is here to help. Through our affiliation with the National Council of Nonprofits, you have access to tools that will explain how automatic revocation affects your nonprofit and what you need to do to have your tax-exempt status reinstated.
Contact Sam Richard, Director of Community Engagement, at 602-279-2966 x 17 if you need help.
How do I know if my organization is on the list?
The IRS has posted excel spreadsheets by state. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a searchable database.
What should a nonprofit do now that it is no longer tax-exempt?
The National Council of Nonprofits has developed a special webpage and tip sheet on options available to organizations. Nonprofits that re-apply may request in a letter to the IRS that the reinstatement of their tax-exempt status be retroactive to the date of their original tax-exempt recognition, but the IRS will grant that request only if it determines that there was “reasonable cause” for the nonprofit to have missed the filing deadlines. Make sure to carefully follow the instructions on the IRS website for requesting “retroactive reinstatement” of your organization’s tax-exempt status. You can contact the Alliance for assistance in applying for reinstatement.
And if your nonprofit is up to date, but you know another nonprofit on the list that may need these resources, please share this website with them. We do not want any of our active nonprofit brethren to lose their ability to serve Arizona's communities. So we appreciate your help to the Alliance's effort to SPREAD THE WORD!