How to Start a Non-profit:

• Checklist
• PowerPoint Presentation
• 80-min. Video
• Form 202
• Form 807
• Form 1023
• Sample By-Laws

Click here for a sample of the Certificate of Formation and Bylaws in Microsoft Word Format.

Here are some useful links:

About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs
http://nonprofit.about.com/careers/nonprofit/mbody.htm

Formation Of Business Entities And Non-Profit Corporations (Texas)
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/index.shtml

IRS Forms and Publications
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/charities/index.html

The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org