[Community_garden] Non-profit status and Tax IDs

[jana remy]

I'm the Treasurer for a small community garden that's been around for about
20 years.  Recently, we've been trying to solicit donations for various
items that we need, and we've discovered this to be very difficult because
we aren't officially registered as a non-profit organization and we don't
have a Tax ID #.
 
>From what I can tell, garnering non-profit status seems time-consuming and
expensive, so I'm just not sure this is an option for our little group.
 
Does anyone out there have experience with the non-profit process and can
you give advice on how difficult and expensive it is?  Or is there some
other way to go about receiving donations without needing a Tax ID#?
 
Thank you,
Jana Remy
Verano Community Garden Assoc.
Irvine, CA
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