About Us:
A group of like-minded parents, with the help of the Athletic Director, formed the Central Lake Boosters Club in 2005. Their hope was to promote participation in Central Lake athletics and to avoid a pay-to-play funding model. The club began with a simple set of bylaws. You may read the present version of the bylaws by clicking this Bylaws link.
Sometime in 2010 the directors decided to form a non-profit corporation and drew up these Articles of Incorporation. The Articles were filed with the State of Michigan. The Articles sound a little stuffy, but they needed to meet very specific requirements in order to qualify for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. You can find us in the State of Michigan's registry by clicking this Entity Search link.
In August of 2012 the IRS granted our club tax-exempt status as stated in this Tax-Exempt Letter. What that means to our club is that our "income" is not taxable and we no longer need to pay sales tax on our non-food purchases. What it means to you is that you may make "tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code". We would appreciate that! You can find us in the IRS' registry of tax-exempt organizations by clicking this Exempt Organizations Select Check link.
(If any similar organization is seeking tax-exempt status we would be happy to share our experience and samples of our documents. Please contact the club Secretary for further information or to report broken links on this page.)
Sometime in 2010 the directors decided to form a non-profit corporation and drew up these Articles of Incorporation. The Articles were filed with the State of Michigan. The Articles sound a little stuffy, but they needed to meet very specific requirements in order to qualify for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. You can find us in the State of Michigan's registry by clicking this Entity Search link.
In August of 2012 the IRS granted our club tax-exempt status as stated in this Tax-Exempt Letter. What that means to our club is that our "income" is not taxable and we no longer need to pay sales tax on our non-food purchases. What it means to you is that you may make "tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code". We would appreciate that! You can find us in the IRS' registry of tax-exempt organizations by clicking this Exempt Organizations Select Check link.
(If any similar organization is seeking tax-exempt status we would be happy to share our experience and samples of our documents. Please contact the club Secretary for further information or to report broken links on this page.)