Maryland Nonprofits Back Office Legal Services

February 1, 2024

Back Office Legal Services now available

Maryland Nonprofits’ legal team is excited to offer an exclusive series of new services designed to help you run your nonprofit with confidence, knowing you are complying with state and federal requirements as well as best practices in governing and managing your organization.

Our affordably priced services are intended to help our clients and the greater nonprofit community tackle the important legal tasks that can distract you from your mission-related activities. We meet your organization where you are with strategic guidance that aligns with your immediate needs!

Maryland Nonprofits Back Office Legal Services

Annual Compliance

Annual compliance with 990N

Includes:

  • File Form 990N
  • File Maryland Annual Report
  • File Maryland Charitable Solicitation Registration/Annual Update

Fee: $750 for 1 year, $1000 for 2 years
If total contributions are below $25,000, no filing fees.
If between $25,000 and $50,000 in contributions, add $50 filing fee for Maryland Charitable Solicitation Registration/Annual Update.

Annual compliance with 990EZ

Includes:

  • Eligibility – Gross receipts are over $50K and below $200K/year AND total assets valued at less than $500K
  • Mandatory online filing with IRS
  • Tax Software filing fee ($125)
  • If underlying bookkeeping is required to prepare for the filing, additional charges will apply, $250/hour, 1 hour minimum
  • If extension is required, additional $250 fee will apply

Fee: $1750 plus filing fee of $125 = $1875

Setting up QuickBooks for the First Time

  • Get nonprofit license (through TechSoup)
  • Set up chart of accounts
  • Configure
  • Train on how to use

Fee: $1500 if a new organization

QuickBooks Clean Up

Assessing and reviewing:

  • chart of accounts
  • classes/functional expenses
  • transactions
  • grant fund tracking
  • Train on use of new configuration

Fee: $1500 base cost, $250 for each additional year (assuming 100 transactions or fewer each year; if over 100 transactions per year, custom pricing will apply based on number of transactions)

Review of Articles of Incorporation

Legal review of Articles of Incorporation making any updates to bring current

  • Discuss changes, which may include: statement of charitable and educational purposes, verifying/updating principal office address and resident agent information, review of membership structure (confirming alignment with program operation), adding a non-discrimination/equity statement
  • File Articles of Amendment and Restatement or Articles of Amendment

Fee: $750

Foreign Corporation Qualification

For businesses incorporated in other states that wish to conduct business in Maryland, we will file your Foreign Corporation Qualification. The service includes:

  • Obtain Certificate of Good Standing from home state
  • File Foreign Corporation Qualification with Maryland’s SDAT
  • Resolve entity status in the home state

Fee: $750 plus filing fees of $370 for Maryland. Plus, there may be fees for the home state.

Tradename Filing

We will submit to the Maryland State Dept. of Assessments and Taxation a Trade Name Application so that your organization may conduct business using a trade name or “doing business as” name.

Fee: $500 plus filing fee of $75

Restoring Good Standing with State of Maryland (if corporate charter has been forfeited)

  • File the required number of missing Annual Reports
  • File Articles of Revival, if necessary

Fee: $750 plus filing fee of $150

Bylaws Review

Comprehensive review of your bylaws followed by track changes recommendations reflecting best practices, as well as a proposed “final” version.

Fee: $1,750

Corporate Name Change

  • File Articles of Amendment
  • IRS notification of name change, if necessary

Fee:  $500

Corporate Dissolution

  • File Articles of Dissolution
  • File Charitable Solicitation Registration (CSR) intent to close, if necessary
  • File terminating 990N if desired (only for 990N filers)

Fee: $750

Your organization’s success is our objective! Please click here to complete an intake application. A member of our legal team will respond. During our free consultation with you, we will discuss your organization’s needs and readiness to proceed. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at help@mdnonprofit.org