Sounds like a problem with the IRS.  Libraries should be in that dataBase.  Shall we flood them with phone calls?  Emails?

Hehehe...

Ann @ Albion



On Thursday, November 6, 2014, John Sheridan <stcdld@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
 
Recently I went to apply for a grant from PNC Bank online.  I was stopped when I got to the part where their system checks the tax exempt status from the IRS exempt organization database.  It seems that public libraries are not listed unless they have a 501 (c) 3 status.  I phoned the IRS and was instructed to file form 1023 a few days later when I phoned the IRS to get a clarification on a question I was told that we would need to file for 501 (c ) 3 status first.  So my question to the collective wisdom and experience librarians, is there a way to get onto the IRS tax exempt database without filing 501 (c) 3?  By the way, according to the IRS libraries are government entities under 509 (A) 170 (B) ( 1) ( a ) ( V) and thus tax exempt but not on the tax exempt database.  Curiously, form 1023 does not list the above 509 status but does have the (1) ( a) ( IV) and (VI).
More and more foundations are looking at on-line applications and have the same verification step which stops the process.
 
John Sheridan
Vicksburg District Library
jsheridan@vicksburglibrary.org


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Ann Perrigo, Co-Director
Albion District Library
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