You might want to download A
Guide for Organizing Not-For-Profit Corporations from the Illinois
Secretary of State website. NOTE: To open this document, you need
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1. Select and reserve your corporate name. To find out if your name
is available, contact:
Illinois Secretary of State
Centennial Building
Corporate Department, 3rd floor
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-9520
To reserve the name you want for 90 days, submit a $25 fee and either
a written request or the articles
of incorporation form (Form NP-104.10) to the same address.
2. Prepare Form NP-102.10 and submit it with a $50 registration
fee to:
Illinois Secretary of State
17 North State Street, Suite 1137
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 793-3380
It takes 2 to 4 weeks for confirmation and receipt of a state charter.
3. After you receive the certificate and Form NP-102.10 from the
Secretary of State, you must file with the recorder of Deeds Office
in the county in which the registered office of the nonprofit organization
is located. In Cook County, there is a fee of $13 for the first
two pages and $1 for each additional page.
Cook County Recorder of Deeds
118 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 443-5050
4. Hold an organizational meeting of your Board of Directors to:
a) Adopt bylaws
b) Elect officers
c) Adopt a corporate seal
d) Open a bank account
e) Approve filing for tax-exempt status
f) Approve other necessary actions
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