Governmental Incorporations
Latter Day Saint Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA) identifies resources and examples of practices and activities that various LDS Ancestral Family Organizations (AFOs) who are Members of LDSAFA have found meaningful and successful for family members through the years. These resources and examples are listed below and linked to those organizations that specifically represent them.
Governmental Incorporations
Belnap (2014); Braithwaite (2013); Brough (2010); Egan (2017)
Legalities of Establishing a Society (2000 FGS article). Other FGS related articles.
LDSAFA Member Organizations who are IRS Tax-Exempt Charitable Organizations
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search webpage
Belnap Family Organization, IRS #23-7373750, Ogden, Utah
Braithwaite Family Organization, IRS #26-2559790, Willard, Utah
Brough Family Organization, IRS #94-2612574, Bountiful, Utah
Cazier Ancestral Family Organization, IRS #82-1812616, Springville, Utah
Major Howard Egan Family Foundation, IRS #46-3919371, Laguna Hills, California
Winslow Farr, Sr. Family Organization, IRS #87-0329116, Mission Viejo, California
Hale Family Organization, IRS #23-7360191, Hooper, Utah
Martin Heiner Family Organization, IRS # 83-2266785, West Jordan, Utah
Joseph Knight Sr. Family Organization, IRS # 83-0964361, American Fork, Utah
Western Association of Leavitt Families, IRS #87-0582193, Cedar City, Utah
John Pack Family Association, IRS #23-7408474, Grantsville, Utah
John Redd & Elizabeth Hancock Family Organization, IRS #20-0334869, Salt Lake City, Utah
Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Historical Society, IRS #20-5276687, Alpine, Utah
Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association, IRS #20-0521620, Ogden, Utah
Thomas Tolman Family Organization, IRS #23-7256835, South Jordan, Utah
Theodore Turley Family Organization, IRS #46-2814718, Boise, Idaho
Links to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and State of Utah
for Registering a Charitable or Nonprofit Organization
IRS 501(c)(3) Exemption Requirements for Charitable Organizations
IRS 501(c)(3) Private Foundation Requirements for Charitable Organizations
IRS 501(c)(3) Sample Articles of Incorporation for Charitable Organizations
IRS Form 990 N e Postcard - Annual Electronic Filing Requirement for Small Exempt Organizations
State of Utah Non-Profit Corporation - General Information
State of Utah Articles of Incorporation Instructions for Non-Profit Corporations
State of Utah Sample Articles of Incorporation for Non-Profit Corporations
How to Start and Sustain Ancestral Family Organizations
How to Start and Sustain LDS Ancestral Family Organizations (2021 LDSAFA article)
LDS Ancestral Family Organizations: Past, Present & Future (2017 LDSAFA class at BYU)
Making the Most of Family Associations (2017 Genealogy Today article)
How to Start a Family Organization and Keep It Going (1972 Ensign article)
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