We  have just incorporated our homeschool support group.  Our group has grown from 20 families to 200 families in 10 years, and runs a high school athletics program as well as field trips, an enrichment Co-op, monthly parent meetings, and various other activities. We had applied for and received non-profit status from the IRS several years ago, but decided that we needed to take the extra step of incorporation in order to protect our leaders from liability should someone decide to sue the group for any reason. It was a fairly simple process, since we already had written By-Laws and an elected board of officers. We consulted a local attorney, who filed the paperwork for us with the state. And one of the dads in our group, a CPA, is refiling our non-profit paperwork, and handling our tax filings.  Boy, sometimes I think I should have a business or law degree to do this job!  I am very thankful for the knowledgeable people the Lord has placed in our midst, to help with these things.  It is a wonderful thing to be part of a body, working together, with different talents and gifts being used as they are needed.

So we are now

Lighthouse Christian Homeschool Association, Inc.