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refused help by tec soup (software)
because we are non profit -cemetery. Need help for this group to understand we are registers.

Unfortunately to qualify for our donation program you organization must have 501(c)(3) status. Since your organization is a 501(c)(13) it would not be able qualify for our program.
Deadwood Cemetery
Deadwood Oregon
deadwoodcem.org
thanks you for any and all help
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Hi P.A.,
 
Thank you for visiting the Community Tool Box and Ask an Advisor. If I read your question correctly, Deadwood Cemetery is designated as a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Service's Internal Revenue Manual (IRM), Part 4. Examining Process, Chapter 76. Exempt Organizations Examination Guidelines, Section 21. Cemetery Companies - IRC 501(c)(13), but you are unable to register with TechSoup based on your IRS designation. Okay, to be clear, the Community Tool Box does not directly negotiate with or intervene between organizations so you will need to convince TechSoup that you might be a qualifying tax-exempt organization using the appropriate sections of the IRM; whether or not that will be sufficient justification to join their community is between you and TechSoup. From what I know of TechSoup, they only provide resources to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations so I'm not sure you will be able to convince them otherwise; give it a try and see what happens, it can't hurt. I was able to look up the particular sections of the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) pertaining to 501(c)(13 organizations that I think you can use to try and convince them to let you join:
 
4.76.21.2 (08-09-2006)
Background Information
 
1. IRC 501(c)(13) provides for the exemption from Federal income tax of cemetery companies owned and operated exclusively for the benefit of their members or which are not operated for profit; and any corporation chartered solely for the purpose of the disposal of bodies by burial or cremation which is not permitted by its charter to engage in any business not necessarily incident to that purpose, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
 
4.76.21.3 (08-09-2006)
Organizational Requirements
 
1. There are two types of exempt cemetery companies:
A. Nonprofit mutual cemetery companies must be owned and operated exclusively for the benefit of their members (owners), although they may also engage in charitable activities, such as the burial of indigents.
B. Other nonprofit cemetery companies and crematoria must be chartered solely for the purposes of burial or cremation. They cannot be permitted by their charters to engage in any business not necessarily incident to that purpose.
 
4.76.21.4 (08-09-2006)
Operational Requirements
 
1. Nonprofit mutual cemetery companies must operate exclusively for the benefit of members. Charitable activities, such as providing burial for indigents, are considered to be within the scope of such activities.
2. Other nonprofit cemetery companies and crematoria must be operated solely for the purpose of the disposal of bodies by burial or cremation They are not permitted to engage in any business not necessarily incident to that purpose. No part of the net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
 
With that P.A., I thank you for visiting the Community Tool Box and Ask an Advisor. Sorry I couldn't be of greater use to you, as I said, we don't directly negotiate on behalf of organizations and I'm not sure how flexible TechSoup is in terms of what types of tax-exempt organizations it allows to register/join. Showing them the appropriate sections of the IRM might help your cause; you can only try. Be well, take care.
 
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Question Date: Sat, 05/14/2016