A Nonprofit corporation is a legal entity created under state law to conduct business for charitable, educational or humanitarian work. A nonprofit corporation must have a charter granted by the state before it is allowed to conduct business. Nonprofit corporations are not automatically tax exempt under 501(c)(3) or other sections of the Internal Revenue Code by filing articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Nonprofit corporations must make an Application for Recognition of Exemption to the IRS for exempt status.

Ernie Lee has worked extensively in the nonprofit arena, both as an Executive Director of a nonprofit corporation as well as serving on several boards providing oversight and guidance. These are a few of the nonprofit organization where he has served: Stand Out Youth (Savannah), All Saints Episcopal (Atlanta) Church’s Covenant Community, Fellowship Mission (Atlanta), Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (Atlanta), Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church (Savannah), and the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, Atlanta, LaCoste). He has the ability to develop specialized nonprofit board development training to alert a board to the legal ramification of serving on a nonprofit board.

Ernie Lee is available to assist clients is developing business models for establish or growing nonprofit, assisting with the maze of forms and legal jargon to assist you and your nonprofit organizations.