[Sosfbay-discuss] GP non profit status

[Jim Doyle]

For your general information for a question that arises from time to time
here is a recent email exchange with Warner.

 I wrote
Is there a formal document that certifies or recognizes our non profit 
status?

His answer follows:

Not that I know...  Political parties generally are considered 
"nonprofit" under the federal tax code and can incorporate under state 
law.  However, most political party activity is unincorporated and 
regulated via either state or federal regulations -- e.g., FPPC; FEC.  
The tax id number is required because any nonprofit activity can have 
taxable income and because banks require it for their necessary records 
keeping.  Political parties are NOT 501(c)(3) -- that is, no donations 
are tax deductible by the donors.  A copy of the FPPC Form 410 showing 
the GPSCC is a general state political committee is probably the closest 
to any paperwork we have about this.  Warner