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You must first register the Trade Name of the NGO, in one of the 50 States or in any of the 5 remaining US Overseas Territories. Then you must register with the Internal Revenue Service and apply for the appropriate status of your NGO.

There are some businesses that can help you with all the process. However, keep in mind that you will have to pay the government their registration fee, and you will also have to pay the incorporation company (if you choose to have them help you with the process).

Government fees can be as low as US$99.00, while incorporation companies can charge you a fee that can go from US $100.00 to US $1,000.00 (or more). Read the fine print of any agreement before you do anything else.

2007-11-19 09:37:01 · answer #1 · answered by David G 6 · 0 0

(for the other person who responded, an NGO is a non-governmental organization, and is the term for nonprofits outside the USA)

By "branch", I'm assuming you mean an NGO in the USA that raises awareness about your work in Africa, and fundraises on your behalf?

You need to build contacts with individuals in the USA who care deeply about what is going on with your nonprofit. You need to concentrate on making connections, NOT ON FUNDRAISING. Your goal is to create advocates in the USA who feel passionately about your work. You do this through several activities over time -- this is not something you do in a week, with a few emails.

If you are in, say, Uganda, you could start this relationship-building by using the Internet to find expatriate associates in the USA made up of Ugandans, and letting them know about your excellent work (and you need a web site, and/or even a Flickr site, to show off that work). You are not looking for money -- you are just trying to say, "Here we are, I thought you would be interested to see."

You could also use the Online Volunteering Service, http://www.onlinevolunteering.org, to recruit online volunteers to help your organization with translations, graphic design, materials development, web site development, etc., and through this, you may end up with some dedicated American online volunteers.

Are there American tourists who visit your area? Contact local hotels and let them know that tourists of any nationality are welcomed to visit your organization to see it's excellent work, and be ready to show such visitors what your organization is doing. Emphasize to touring companies and hotels that you will NOT be asking visitors for donations!! Ever!!

If you have the budget to travel to the USA, all the better -- you should contact nonprofits in the USA that are focused on similar issues to your organization, university student organizations, university African studies departments, service clubs, communities of faith (churches, temples and mosques), UN Associations, etc. in the city you will be visiting, to do a presentation about your organizations work. Stress that you are NOT trying to fundraise but, rather, to awareness-raise, and to build networks.

What I'm trying to say is that you need to do a LOT of relationship-building and credibility-building. Think about how you yourself know that an organization is worthy of support, or is credible. You want to emulate that.

2007-11-21 07:30:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jayne says READ MORE BOOKS 7 · 0 0

what is a ngo?

2007-11-19 08:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0 0

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