106: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Illinois and Indiana

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is EO Radio Show episode 106. As we finish off 2025, we're presenting our 17th in the series of "Quick Tip" episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard today, we will look at basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Illinois and Indiana. In a previous episode, we talked about filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection with California. Other episodes have focused on the state filings in Nevada and Arizona, Washington State and Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, New York and New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut, Maine and Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Florida and Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas, New Mexico and Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, Washington, D.C., and most recently Michigan and Ohio. You can find all the prior episodes on our website or the Farella YouTube channel, where there is a playlist just for state filing requirements. We'll work our way through the rest of the states in future episodes. Show Notes: Farella YouTube podcast channel Resources for Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State Business Services Home Page: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/home.html Illinois Current Entity Search: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/business_searches.html Illinois Not for Profit Forms page: https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/business_services/nfp.html Illinois Not for Profit Guide (pdf): https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/c165.pdf Illinois Domestic Not for Profit Articles Filing FAQ: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/incorporation/nfp_instructions.html Illinois List of Not for Profit Purposes: https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=080501050HArt%2E+3&ActID=2280&ChapterID=65&SeqStart=2700000&SeqEnd=3500000 Illinois Articles of Incorporation General Not for Profit Corporation Act: https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/nfp10210.pdf Illinois Foreign Corporation Application for Authority: https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/nfp11315.pdf Illinois Not for Profit Annual Report Filing FAQ: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/annual_reports/nfp_instructions.html Illinois Not for Profit Annual Report form: https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/nfp11405.pdf Illinois Office of Attorney General Charitable Organizations website: https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Consumer-Protection/Charities/Building-Better-Charities/Charity-Registration/ Illinois Department of Revenue Tax FAQ: https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation.html Illinois Department of Revenue Charitable Gaming Tax FAQ: https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/charitygaming.html Resources for Indiana: Indiana Secretary of State Business Home Page: https://www.in.gov/sos/business/ Indiana Secretary of State INBiz Home Page: https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/Home/Index Indiana Secretary of State current entity database: https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/PublicSearch/Search Indiana Secretary of State Forms Page: https://www.in.gov/sos/business/division-forms/business-forms/#Non_Profit_Corporations__Domestic_ Indiana Attorney General Non-Profit & Charitable Giving Home Page: https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/charities-and-donors/ Indiana Department of Revenue Nonprofit Tax Forms and FAQ: https://www.in.gov/dor/tax-forms/nonprofit/ Indiana Department of Revenue Nonprofit Sales Tax Exemption bulletin: https://www.in.gov/dor/files/ib17.pdf If you have suggestions for topics you would like us to discuss, please email us at [email protected]. Additional episodes can be found at EORadioShowByFarella.com. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to be, nor should it be interpreted as, legal advice or opinion.