development on the business side

i recently had a conversation with a guy who goes to third world countries with his company and builds metal buildings that serve for different purposes in their communities. he told me about a charitable foundation that helps start up organizations get established as 501(c)3 non profit companies. they have a lawyer on hand that will help get the company started, and the even issue grants to some of the start ups.

this was a very cool conversation and i will tell you why. i have started asking a few people if they would consider working for this company if it were formed, but i don't have the necessary resources right now to pull it all together. so to find an organization that is geared toward helping start ups get established takes a large burden off my back to do research and find out how to file the correct paperwork and make a legitimate business that people can donate to and work for.

i have had several people offer to donate money, in fact, someone gave me money that i didn't tell about it. they had heard about it through another person i told, and just wrote me a check. that is really amazing for a couple reasons, but the one that blows me out of the water is that i didn't have to do anything. by word of mouth, one person told another person and that compelled them to write me a check. i didn't have to do any fundraising, money is just coming in the door. another person gave me a large amount of food they had left uncooked from a bbq. i am not asking for it, and it is just happening.

this comes back to the need for a business entity to house this project. i need to have someone who will be responsible for keeping track of the funds and food that are coming in. i want to be able to give people a tax deduction, but i don't have the time to keep track of it all.

so now i need help. i didn't quite expect this to be happening quite yet, so this is a good surprise.