My friend came up with a brilliant idea for a nonprofit organization, and I filed all of our documentation with the state and feds, wrote our bylaws and legally incorporated us in 2003. it was not as hard as you think… I got some advice from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. To date, we’ve received grants and have many other volunteers working with us.

You can use a lawyer to do a nonprofit incorporation, but I thought I could pretty much figure it out myself. If I can do it, anyone can do it!