FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

Massachusetts Nonprofit Corporation
fees and filing deadlines

Formed at the state level like any corporation, but with no shareholders. State formation and federal tax exemption are two separate things: forming a nonprofit does not make it tax exempt. Exemption is a separate IRS application.

To start

Form a Nonprofit Corporation in Massachusetts
Articles of Organization (nonprofit)
$35

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Annual Report (nonprofit)$15Due by November 1 every year.

About $15 a year to stay in good standing at today’s fees, counting only recurring filings and spreading anything filed less often across the years between. One-time filings and taxes are excluded.

Where each figure comes from

Annual Report (nonprofit)
$15

Due by November 1 every year.

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The deadlines above are the rules. Your actual dates depend on when you form, so the calendar is built from your formation date — free, no account.

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Other structures in Massachusetts

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