501(c)(3) Small Tax Exempt Organizations: Don't Forget your 990N

Don't forget to file your 990N.
If you fail to file for three consecutive years, you'll automatically lose your tax exempt status. Small tax-exempt organizations, whose gross receipts are less than $50,000 a year, aren't required to file form 990, 990-EZ.
These small tax-exempt organizations ARE required to electronically file Form 990-N each year.

This year, file directly at IRS.gov
https://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Annual-Electronic-Filing-Requirement-for-Small-Exempt-Organizations-Form-990-N-e-Postcard

Read the first section, How to File. Click on the link:
Form 990-N Electronic Filing system (e-Postcard).

Since we didn't meet the requirements for returning users, even tho we've filed each year, we had to Register at the First Time Users (left side). Registering takes longer than filing. Don't be thrown off by having to fill in your OWN (principal officer) name, address, etc. Once you've created your profile, it goes quickly. Be prepared to make up a strong password, and enter info for a bunch of security questions. Make sure you print out verification that you submitted your e-postcard.

Here's the phone number for nonprofits:  877-829-5500

Our Mini Book Club

We'll be setting aside some time at most meetings to share book titles with each other.
Here are the titles of books you shared with us at our February meeting, and would highly recommend.

* Two Days After the Wedding, by Joan Medlicott - fiction
   Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankel - philosophy
   Entry Island, by Peter May - mystery, debut novel
* My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout - fiction
   Lady Bird and Lyndon, by Betty Boyd Caroli - nonfiction
   My Antonia, by Willa Cather - classic, Nebraska pioneer life
   Brave Companions, by David McCullough - nonfiction, essays
   Thirteen Ways of Looking, by Colum McCann - fiction, novellas
* Inside the O'Briens, by Lisa Genova - fiction, Huntington's disease

* Maxwell owns this title in book format.

Valentine

The Friends hope you enjoyed their Chocolate Friends-y Raffle,

and the Hershey Kiss 'Roses' this week. 

The flowers are in appreciation of the wonderful Staff at Maxwell.  

Here's a Valentine poem to warm your hearts this chilly day.

February 14

Happy Valentine's Day to the Staff from us.

Meeting: Monday, February 8

Meeting - Monday, February 8.
Want to have lunch first? Come at 12:30 p.m.
We'll supply water, plates, napkins, and cups.
Meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Oh, and bring along a book you loved to share.