Legal Question in Business Law in California

Our non-profit wants to let another business use our campus. Can the other business also use our non-profit status?? The second is a church ministry also but does not have a business or formal non-profit status set up. What needs to be done?


Asked on 2/01/12, 1:25 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

You cannot share non-profit status. Either your non-profit must take over their operation and have it cease to exist as a separate entity, or it needs to get its own non-profit status.

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Answered on 2/01/12, 1:32 pm
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

A "status" is essentially non-shareable, any more than I can share my status as a single male. Organization #1 can merge with Organization #2 but there is no way on earth to extend an organization's status to another organization.

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Answered on 2/01/12, 2:07 pm
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

NO. You can rent them space or something like that, but they can not "USE" your stataus. They have to get their own, or formally become an affiliate, sub-division, partner, etc., in yours, following all the non-profit rules. If serious about getting legal help with this, feel free to contact me. .

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Answered on 2/01/12, 2:20 pm


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