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      • Naming a nonprofit
    • Should we incorporate?
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  • Transition to ONCA
    • Step 1: Find out if the ONCA applies to your nonprofit
    • Step 2: When do I need to act?
    • Step 3: Gather important documents
    • Step 4: Understand the law
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      • Dissolution
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      • How to adjust existing bylaws
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    • Step 6: Update and file changes to articles
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Start a nonprofit

Should we incorporate?

Should we incorporate?

Should we incorporate under ONCA or CNCA?

Should we incorporate under ONCA or CNCA?

How do we incorporate?

How do we incorporate?

Different group structures

Different group structures

Public benefit corporations

Public benefit corporations

Unincorporated associations

Unincorporated associations

How do we find our nonprofit’s current status?

How do we find our nonprofit’s current status?

Start and run a nonprofit

  • Start a nonprofit
    • Different group structures
    • How do we find our nonprofit’s current status?
    • Should we incorporate under ONCA or CNCA?
    • How do we incorporate?
      • Naming a nonprofit
      • Corporate Address
      • Articles or letters patent
    • Should we incorporate?
    • Unincorporated associations
  • Run a nonprofit
    • Government filings
      • Articles or letters patent
    • Charities
    • Complaints
    • Directors
      • Director’s consents
      • Range of Directors
    • Dissolution
    • Finances
    • Meetings
      • Members’ meetings
      • Board Meetings
      • Board Elections
      • Electronic Board and Member Meetings
    • Members
      • Disciplining members and limiting their rights
      • Members’ meetings
    • Membership structures
      • Self-perpetuating boards
    • Officers
    • Public benefit corporations
    • Voting and quorum
    • Records and minutes

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