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Simple Fundraising

oceangrand — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:33:59 +0000

“Simple Fundraising” Book Pre-Release

Get Your Copy Early Before the Rush

Every NonProfit wants to learn how to fundraise well and this new resource from Scott Michael Ringo is just the ticket. Just being released in August is his new book “Simple Fundraising”. This book will teach you how to develop step-by-step fundraising strategies and formulas to create and maintain a stable donor base. Never before has the processes to develop continual and simple funding for a nonprofit been broken down so simple that anyone can do it. Scott brings his 12+ years in the developing successful nonprofits and 26+ years in the business arena to the forefront to present easy to understand, and simple to implement fundraising strategies.

As the founder of Ocean Grand, his hands-on approach to helping nonprofits all over the world raise the funds they need is is written so anyone can understand and implement it. Instead of wonder where the funding you need is, a few hours in “Simple Fundraising” will help you instantly discover and begin receiving it.

After reading “Simple Fundraising,” with basic effort any nonprofit can finally tap into the funding they need. Every nonprofit needs this book in their library. A simple read and you gain over a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising.

Act now because the first 500 copies of the book that are ordered in advance as PDF books are discounted to $19.95. Once ordered and paid for you will immediately be emailed a link to download your copy.

Once the book is released to book stores and internet June 1, the price of “Simple Fundraising” will be $29.95. Get your copy now in PDF format by clicking the button below.

NonProfit Set-up

Are you interested in starting your own nonprofit? Ocean Grand can help you get your very own nonprofit set-up in about 3 weeks very affordable. Then help you to find the funding you need and run it successfully. Click this link to get all the information www.oceangrand.org/start-501c3

Corporate Design Solutions

Running and funding a nonprofit can be an easy task but much like building a house without a hammer and nails, attempting to build a successful nonprofit without the proper tools is just as crazy. Because we are dedicated to helping nonprofits become successful, Ocean Grand gives every nonprofit the ability to obtain these important tools at up to a 60% discount. Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

Every NonProfit needs professionally designed and printed marketing materials to make your nonprofit a success. Why not get those materials designed now at a substantial discount and start your marketing efforts from the beginning looking your best while attracting serious donors.We know from the hundreds of nonprofits we have helped all over the world, there is no better investment or a better price in which to get your nonprofit’s image looking its best. Ocean Grand Design Studios is a state-of-the-art professional design studio that has designed for top names. In addition to the 60% savings on the complete design package, Ocean Grand will give you tremendous savings on all your print needs as it is a professional print house as well. Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

With professionally designed and printed marketing materials it only takes one (1) serious donor to donate back in one month the investment you made in your marketing materials.

It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who They Know

It makes a huge difference in the caliber of donors your nonprofit attracts as to how your nonprofit image looks. When you ask CEOs and successful people to pass on the information about your nonprofit, you want them to have great looking material they are proud to pass on. Handing out professionally designed marketing materials can make the difference, and there is no better time or better price to get those created than with this offer. You are going to need everyone you know talking about your nonprofit, and just like any business, being able to equip others to retell your story right is key. Get a complete corporate branding solution including:

Logo
Business Card Design
Letterhead Design
Envelope Design
Website
Tri-fold Brochure
Glossy Presentation Folder
Social Media Package (Twitter and FaceBook)

Some of Ocean Grand’s other services:

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Custom Photo Books (any amount of pages)
Wedding Albums
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Baby Announcements
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Double-sided PDF Brochures for emailing
Interactive Online Brochures
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Anything graphic design, branding, and print media related!

Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

Sexy New Form of NonProfit

oceangrand — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:30:52 +0000

Discovering and Exploring the Easiest Way to Start and Run a Nonprofit

I like to work smart, not hard. I currently run several nonprofits and have for many years but have never kept any bookkeeping, done any accounting, or ever been to the bank to make a deposit. I have been able to run these nonprofits from anywhere in the world and not one on my staff does any of these types of activities, but instead devotes 100% of their time to our projects, not office work. One hundred percent of everyone’s time that is involved in our nonprofits is spent on developing our programs, fundraising, and executing our programs. In fact, running our nonprofits is so easy that anyone could run a successful nonprofit. The difference is in how we run our nonprofits, by working smart not hard. Read on and I will explain the easy way to run a nonprofit 501c3 versus the hard ordinary way. You can then decide for yourself which you prefer.

The New (not so new) Way of Starting a Nonprofit

Many spend weeks, months or even years wading through the process to start, learn to fund and run a successful nonprofit. Many refer to starting their own nonprofit as a “dream” because it seems like getting a nonprofit formed is such a hard thing to accomplish. However, starting, learning to fund and running a successful nonprofit is something we help people do every day with just a few easy steps. Running an independent nonprofit, for many, has become outdated, cumbersome and not very agile to make quick effective changes when needed. Yet there is a sleek, sexy, and streamlined form of nonprofit coming on the scene.

Let’s explore a process of starting a nonprofit you may not have known even existed. There is an easy way to start and run a nonprofit and then there is the ordinary way which is a lot more difficult. After reading this post you may decide that anyone could run a nonprofit, and I believe they can. Many who I talk with do not know that a nonprofit can be started and efficiently ran with 501c3 status through an entity called a fiscal sponsorship. Simply put, a fiscal sponsorship allows a nonprofit project to be created inside of an already existing independent 501c3 nonprofit. This eliminates the creation hassle and IRS approval that takes many months including the absorbent fees to do so. By starting a nonprofit through fiscal sponsorship, an organization can have nonprofit status in a few weeks without much in the way of start up fees. This enables those that want to do nonprofit work an easy and inexpensive way to form and run a nonprofit while having it up and running within weeks, with many added benefits.

Fiscal Sponsorships are becoming a quite popular and a much sought way of starting and running a nonprofit. In this short post I will introduce you to the Fiscal Sponsorship way of setting up and running a nonprofit to help you explore this option as a viable and less expensive way to have your nonprofit organization up and running with less hassle than you ever thought possible.

What Every NonProfit Needs

The main reason an organization would want to have tax exempt nonprofit status is to appeal to its financial contributors by granting them tax deductions on their gifts. The second reason tax exempt status is appealing is to gain access to grants (free money that does not have to be repaid) that is available from any number of government and foundation organizations. Fiscally Sponsored nonprofits as well as independent nonprofits both enjoy these two sought after benefits. However, there are more things to consider when starting a nonprofit.

The Painful Part of a NonProfit Business

A main consideration in starting either a fiscally sponsored or independent nonprofit is in the amount of administration that can be associated with running either of them. A real factor in running any business is the time or ongoing expenses you will spend accomplishing the administration. Many times a fiscally-sponsored nonprofit frees up the majority of the employees’ time to do the actual projects instead of the administration and paperwork.

The administration for a nonprofit is a real consideration, and you are either going to do it yourself, hire staff to do it, or outsource it to professionals (bookkeepers, CPAs, etc.). Many find that doing the administration for a nonprofit is time consuming, tedious and labor intensive. Those that decide to hire staff or outsource the administration find that option expensive. What if there was a way to get all the administration done at a fraction of the cost while not having to do it yourself?

All the Fun, None of the Paperwork

Many find, by setting up a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, they can have all the benefits of a nonprofit they desire and none of office work they don’t. Ocean Grand understands that office work can get in the way, while consuming large amounts of time, and instead has a virtual staff that takes care of all the nonprofit’s administration, accounting, bookkeeping, banking, and even the quarterly and end of the year filings. Imagine the ease of starting a nonprofit and not needing to worry about any of the office work and instead are free to spend all your time doing fundraising and programs, leaving the office work to a highly trained and efficient staff.

Through a fiscal sponsorship, Ocean Grand sets your fixed costs on administration at 8% which is much lower than outsourcing it would ever be. In addition, the virtual administration staff that will be working on your nonprofit paperwork is highly experienced in nonprofit administration so you know the work will be done right every time.

Work Smart Not Hard

For many years I have enjoyed the benefits and joys of running several fiscally-sponsored nonprofits and never once had to think about the time or expense of their administration. Instead, I have been able to concentrate 100% of my time and energy on the continued success of the programs and fundraising and leaving the administration and office work to a highly trained staff that only costs a fraction of what hiring professionals or even my own in house staff would cost. A fiscally-sponsored nonprofit affords me all of the pleasure and benefits of a nonprofit without all the hassle usually associated with running a business. Along with me, thousands around the world enjoy this simple and effective way of running a nonprofit. Through Ocean Grand, in just a couple weeks you could have your own nonprofit operational at just a fraction of the cost of setting up and running an ordinary much more difficult nonprofit.

NonProfits that are fiscally sponsored have been around for over 40 years and the reason you are not familiar with them is that they operate, do the same great nonprofit work, enjoy the same benefits and look just like any other nonprofit.

Click here to learn how you can Start and run a NonProfit the Easy Way

Start a NonProfit Rally

oceangrand — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:38 +0000

Start a Non Profit in 2009

Ocean Grand has made a commitment and pledge to help 400 new nonprofits get started and support them to being a success in 2009.

Are you tired of reading about nonprofits who do great things when really you would like to start a nonprofit yourself and develop your own program?

The nonprofit rally at Ocean Grand www.oceangrand.org is exactly that, we want to help 400 new nonprofits get started in 2009. Regardless of whatever circumstances has kept you from making your nonprofit dream into a reality, Ocean Grand wants to help. Let us help you once and for all to get your dreams off the shelf and start living them.

Ocean Grand has pulled out the stops and we are committed to you to help you make your nonprofit a success in 2009. We will help you with everything you need and set up your nonprofit organization in about 3 weeks.

We will then give you all the education to run your nonprofit, grant write, develop donors, including nonprofit training videos. We want you to look back at the year 2009 as one that you decided to start a nonproft and it was one of the best decisions you made.

Here is how we can help:
* Quick and simple program to start a nonprofit
* Administration help running your nonprofit
* Fund raising How-to
* Grant writing help
* Ongoing support to help you be successful

Come and join the Ocean Grand Rally to start a nonprofit in your city and be one of the next 400 nonprofits to make a difference in the world.

We are committed to seeing you get a nonprofit set up and see success and will walk you through the process step by step. At the end of this year you will be able to look back and be glad you know run your own successful nonprofit.

Visit the rally at www.oceangrand.org

Tweet or Not to Tweet?

oceangrand — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:41:50 +0000

Social Media for Your NonProfit

I am writing this after spending the morning on Twitter and FaceBook. You may not have any idea what I am talking about or know just enough to believe it is a waste of your time. That is the whole reason we at Ocean Grand have decided to put together a series of ongoing articles around “social media” for non profits. Read on to learn how social media is here to stay and how you can get on board to help your nonprofit become more successful.

The key to getting, keeping and engaging donors, funders, and corporations is by building a relationship with them. There is no alternative to building relationships, the relationship comes first and always first. There is also no alternative, not even through social media, to engage your non profit supporters in the “flesh”. However, social media is a great platform to tell and retell your story (read more about “your story” here). The more ways you are able to get the information and successes out to people who are interested in them the farther your reach. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) is another way to get your story and successes out to those that want to know about them, plus find some others that maybe interested in the mix.

Social media is also a way to keep donors and others up-to-date with your cause and what you’re doing to impact the world in a simple and easy way. A couple “tweets” (tweets are short messages on twitter) a day will help all those following the progress of your non profit to know what you’re doing today to help the cause. Likewise, it is a great way to invite people to your fundraisers, events and projects. By using Twitter, others who get your tweets can pass the message along very easily, possibly generating lots of buzz about your upcoming function. If those tweets are also posted automatically on your FaceBook “wall”, then you have reached two audiences that otherwise would have had no idea what you were doing. For example, maybe you are holding a fundraiser or event in Virginia. Several tweets throughout the day from your mobile phone and everyone around the world knows how it is going.

This morning I wrote an article on “What Have You Done Lately That You Are Proud Of?” When I posted the article from the Ocean Grand blog http://www.oceangrand.org the post was tweeted and then also sent to our FaceBook wall. Almost instantaneously several people joined our twitter following who were not following before. The link to the article in the tweet was also clicked on and read by many from our twitter following. It was a quick, easy and effective way to let those that were interested know there was a new article.

The Virtual Water Cooler

Social Media is the present day water cooler and unlike the water cooler in your office, it is an ongoing global conversation. If you want to be more successful in the non profit world, you want your non profit activities to be a part of that conversation. From Twitter and FaceBook conversations I have connected to other non profit organizations who were ecstatic to find out about all the free information and help we provide to non profits at Ocean Grand. Through those same social media channels I have also made new friends and reacquainted myself with old friendships halfway around the world.

The Afternoon Coffee Break

As I’m going throughout the day I hit points where I need a pick-me-up and many times caffeine does the trick. However, while I am getting my afternoon infusion I also check in on my FaceBook and Twitter accounts to see what is happening around the world. Inevitably I run across a quick conversation or am able to offer some input that renews my inspiration to motivate me on to the end of the day. It has been well documented that the human brain needs breaks throughout the day and can be much more productive once given one. You would be surprised at all the little notes of encouragement you can get on Twitter and FaceBook that can get you through the day.

Each platform of Social Media has its own nuances and particular use, but the lines quickly become blurred once you start integrating them together. We will show you how to get the best use out of each in further articles. We are going to focus on FaceBook and Twitter below and give you some quick instructions on getting started.

FaceBook

The simple explanation: FaceBook is a platform where you can add “friends” old and new to your profile. Then you can message each other back and forth, add video and share pictures. You are able to keep tabs on your “contacts” and and they can do the same with you. It’s a quick glance at what everyone you know around the world is doing, interested and involved in. As a nonprofit, you can also create a “cause” page where people can join to be involved and even donate online to your nonprofit.

FaceBook Steps:

Sign up and create an interesting profile. Add a photo and definitely put up a “cause” page so others can join into your non profit work.
Use the siteâ€™s feature to search your email address book for people you know.
Each time a friend adds, look at their friends for others that you may know and add them as a friend.
Use your existing friends as a way to find more friends. Try to stay within the boundaries of people you actually know and have some type of relationship with.
Create a “home like” feel to the information you put on your site. You want people to get to know you better or all over again if it has been a while.
There are a ton of “applications” you can use that will allow you to share books your reading, videos you like, blogs you read etc.
The number of “friends” you have depends upon you but the more friends you can connect to the farther your message will go out to the masses.
Keep in mind, as a non profit you want people to both get to know you and your non profit so try to think of ways that you can introduce what your non profit is doing.
Make sure you are actively getting your donors and those interested signed up and promote, promote, promote your FaceBook link so people can connect to you.
Focus your efforts on building relationships and letting people know what you are doing. A few “What am I doing” updates a day goes a long way. Likewise, reply and respond to other people’s updates.

Twitter

Twitter uses quick posts of 140 characters or less to let people know what you are doing throughout the day. The same goes for your responses to others’ posts. Unlike FaceBook thereÂ are not pages or places to put video and “causes” but instead you do short updates, “tweets”, throughout the day and reply to others’ tweets. In some aspects “less is more” and keeping track of your and other people’s tweets can be managed easily by using TweetDeck http://www.tweetdeck.com. Throughout the day “tweet” several times and let people know what you’re up to; you will be amazed at how interested they are in the little things you do each day. Respond to a few tweets. You can find others to “follow” (when you follow someone you are able to see their tweets) that you may have interest in and again you will be amazed at what you learn.

Twitter Steps:

Sign up and create an interesting profile. Add a photo.
Use the site’s feature to search your email address book for people you know.
Find people you maybe interested in following at Twitscoop http://www.twitscoop.com/ by searching topics you’re interested in.
You can always find more people to follow by reading the posts of those you are already following that seem like interesting conversations.
The number of people you follow or allow to follow you depends upon you but the more people following you the farther your message will go out to the masses.
Keep in mind, as a non profit you want people to both get to know you and your non profit so try to think of ways that you can introduce what your non profit is doing without giving a sales pitch.
Make sure you are actively getting your donors and those interested signed up and promote, promote, promote your Twitter link so people can connect to you.
Focus your efforts on building relationships and letting people know what you are doing. A few “What am I doing” updates a day goes a long way. Likewise, reply and respond to other peoples updates.

Remember that all the information, pictures, video and updates are able to be seen by all your friends or followers so keep that in mind when you put information on the internet.

If you contact me I can help you integrate your tweets to automatically be posted to your FaceBook which keeps you from needing to update two different places.

To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That is the Question

Social Media is a great way to get your message out and also connect people across the globe to your non profit cause. It is time well spent if you keep focused while using these media. It is easy to get caught up in it; however, now is the time to get involved because Social Media looks like it is here to stay. This is just a brief introduction to the Social Media arena and we will cover each separately and give more detail on how to use these great platforms to your advantage other posts. Stay tuned. In the meantime, sign up for an account and begin getting a feel for them.

Don’t forget to add us as a friend on FaceBook and follow us on Twitter. The links are to the right of this post and also below.

FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32978279968
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ScottRingo

Non Profit One Stop Shop

oceangrand — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:07:46 +0000

Virginia Beach, VA, 19 January 2009 -Welcome to the Ocean Grand information portal. Ocean Grand, a one stop shop for those who want to start a nonprofit, has made it even easier than before to incorporate a nonprofit organization. Now thanks to a new division that puts together nonprofit 501c3 projects in many times less than two weeks, a hopeful nonprofit organization has even more options in deciding how to get established. Ocean Grand has made it a very simple process that is also very quick.

Many nonprofit organizations do not need to go through establishing an independent 501c3 with the IRS to do the nonprofit work they love. Instead, with a 501c3 project through Ocean Grand, many nonprofit organizations can operate within a fiscal sponsorship and have more time to do the work, not the paperwork. By using the 501c3 project avenue instead of forming an independent 501c3, all of an organization’s bookkeeping, accounting, and even end of the year paperwork is done for them. It’s a no hassle solution for many who love doing nonprofit work but are concerned with all the hassles of paperwork and staying inside the IRS guidelines for nonprofits said Scott Michael Ringo, founder. “They come to us, we get them set up with a nonprofit project and we’ll even help them learn to grant write easily.

Ocean Grand can also help an organization incorporate independently through the IRS quicker and more efficiently than most other ways. Ocean Grand can arrange to have an organization’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Tax Exempt application completed and directlhy submitted to the IRS, making the whole process painless. Many times paperwork like this through an attorney or incorporation service can cost several thousand dollars. Ocean Grand’s founder Scott Michael Ringo commented, We want to help remove the challenges a nonprofit organization faces when just starting out. Many people have great ideas and hearts for nonprofit work but the challenges of getting the organization in place and learning to find funding keeps many of them from going forward. We enjoy seeing nonprofits become successful right out of the gate.

Mercy Ministries

oceangrand — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:27:42 +0000

A Great Non Profit that Seeks to Make a Difference

We provide posts like this one for donors and other nonprofits alike. Many ask us to provide them with information on great nonprofits that they can donate to. Many nonprofits ask us for examples of good nonprofits they can model. Hopefully this post is both informative and inspiring.

Mercy Ministries, is focused on helping the young women in its care find healing and wholeness. Young women come to Mercy Ministries by choice because they want help. Mercy Ministries does not charge any young women for its services. I think this aspect of the program is very important because I have heard countless stories of girls going to rehab to seek help and as soon as their insurance runs out, they are sent home before they have fully healed.

Mercy Ministries of America has provided hope and healing to generations of young women who are seeking freedom from life-controlling issues. Girls come to the Mercy homes struggling with eating disorders, self-harm, addictions, unplanned pregnancy, abuse, and depression. It serves a diverse population of young women from various socio-economic backgrounds, aged 13-28. Many of the girls who come to Mercy for help are facing a combination of these debilitating circumstances and have been in various treatment facilities with unsuccessful long-term results.

When girls apply to the program they go through a very careful intake process. Parents can’t send their daughters to Mercy, the girls have to have the desire to come and seek help. They receive a list of house rules and are told they have to work hard on their issues. The girls don’t have to be Christian to get admitted, but they are told upfront that it is a faith-based ministry. They are asked directly if they are willing to make the commitment. While the girls are in the program, they attend church twice a week and receive daily biblical counseling. The girls typically stay for about six months. Their time at Mercy will depend on the individual girl and how difficult her problem is and how quickly she is able to heal.

There are Mercy Ministries of America homes in Nashville, TN; Monroe, LA; and St. Louis, MO. At the beginning of 2009, another home is going to open in Sacramento, CA. There are also homes in five other nations across the world. The program uses a biblically based counseling model called, Choices that Bring Change. While in the program, the goal is to find out what the root of each girl’s problem is rather than treating symptoms. They also learn practical everyday skills, such as budgeting and finance, cooking, and many other life skills.

The Mercy Ministries Program continues to have amazing results! The ministry has been helping young women for 25 years and is still going strong. Over 2,000 girls have been through the program and there are currently over 700 girls on the waiting list. I would like to encourage you all to learn more about Mercy Ministries by visiting their website, http://www.mercyministries.org.

Keep watching for the online interview with Mercy Ministries we hope to have soon.

If you have the desire to help girls like Mercy Minstries does, donate directly to Mercy Ministries or start a NonProfit focused on your own dreams to help.

Medical Foundation Success

oceangrand — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:31:55 +0000

The Story of a Medical Foundation

Do you know those that are facing serious medical diagnoses that could use extra money to pay for medicine or procedures? We at Ocean Grand can help.

In November 2000, a friend was diagnosed with chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). It was two days before Thanksgiving, so needless to say the holidays for her that year were a lot different from other years.

After getting past the initial shock of learning that she had cancer, and looking at all the options for treatments, most of them looked dismal. Her sister had heard about someone with Leukemia who had been in remission for seven years. Tracking down the person they learned that she had gone to a doctor in Arizona who prescribed natural immune building treatments. With this intriguing information, they started doing research, prayed a lot and finally decided that the natural treatment was the path to take. At the time of leaving for Arizona in February of 2001, her white blood cell counts were sky high.

The treatments were successful and she now continues self administered treatments in Atlanta where she lives. She is doing great and all blood counts are stable. Needless to say, insurance covers very little of any natural treatments, so from day one she started a medical foundation in order to help her raise funds for her treatments. The founder of Ocean Grand helped her to organize fund raising events and benefit concerts. Before she left for Arizona, she had the majority of the many thousand dollars required for the treatment.

The continuing story behind this story is the passion she has to help others in the same situation. Because of the ability of the foundation to employ her, she left her job and took an extended leave of absence, without pay, in order to help raise money to help other families and individuals who are facing financial struggles from Leukemia. Through her foundation, she and others look to find ways to help others in their fight for life.

Medical Nonprofits can be a welcome answer to some difficult financial challenges for those that are facing medical challenges. You might be one who just has a heart to help those in a medical crisis or the person who could use the help themselves. Either way, start a nonprofit that has a medical focus and you will be on your way to helping someone who needs it.

If you or someone you know has a medical crisis we at Ocean Grand can help you easily set up a Medical Nonprofit to benefit them in around 3 weeks. Just click on this link and we will get you started www.oceangrand.org/start-501c3

401K Alternative

oceangrand — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:30:57 +0000

Just in recent years have corporations and churches discovered the benefit of encouraging each of their employees and staff to have a personal non-profit project. Just like a 401K plan is an essential part of a person’s savings and retirement, so is a 501C3 Plan on a non-profit basis.Â In these economic times everyone is looking for a safer place to put their finances and many are realizing that a nonprofit of their own is just the place they can invest their money, get a good return, and use it again later in life to fund their retirement.

501C3 Plans may even be more beneficial to a person upon retirement than a 401K because the PlansÂ can employ them after retirement, giving them a consistent income for the rest of their lives. The corporation or church can even set up their 501C3 so that a portion (example 10%) of all donations that go through their project is donated back to the church or companyâ€™s endowment. Their non-profit project with 501c3 status can help the charities they are passionate about today and continue to employ them when they retire.

The biggest benefit to an employee is that others can contribute to their 501C3 Plan just like an employer contributes to their 401K plan. With many contributing to their 501C3 Plan, their fund could grow to millions making it something that could employ and benefit others than just themselves while giving back to the community and the world.