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4DSCB:15-5306/7102 - Instructions
Pennsylvania Department of State
Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722
(717) 787-1057
Website:
Instructions for Completion of Form – (Articles of Incorporation–Nonprofit):
A. Typewritten is preferred. If handwritten, the form shall be legible and completed in black or blue-black ink in order to
permit reproduction.
The nonrefundable filing fee for this form is $125 made payable to the Department of State. Checks must contain a
commercially pre-printed name and address. Filers requesting a veteran/reservist-owned small business fee exemption
should attach proof of the veteran’s or reservist’s status to the Articles of Incorporation form when submitted. For more
information on the fee exemption, see
Fees and
Payments.
Enter the name and mailing address to which any correspondence regarding this filing should be sent. This field must be
completed for the Bureau to return the filing. If the filing is to be returned by email, an email address must be provided. An
email will be sent to address provided, containing a link and instructions on how a copy of the filed document or
correspondence may be downloaded. Any email or mailing addresses provided on this form will become part of the filed
document and therefore public record.
B. Under 15 Pa.C.S. § 135(c) (relating to addresses) an actual street or rural route box number must be used as an address, and the
Department of State is required to refuse to receive or file any document that sets forth only a post office box address.
C. The following, in addition to the filing fee, shall accompany this form:
(1) One copy of a completed form DSCB:15-134A (Docketing Statement).
(2) Any necessary copies of form DSCB:19-17.2 (Consent to Appropriation of Name).
(3) Any necessary governmental approvals.
D. For Domestic Nonprofit Corporation Only: For general instructions relating to the incorporation of nonprofit corporations
see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 41 (relating to nonprofit corporations generally). These instructions relate to such matters as corporate
name, stated purposes, term of existence, authorized share structure, inclusion of names of first directors in the Articles of
Incorporation, provisions on incorporation of unincorporated associations, etc.
E. For Nonprofit Cooperative Corporation Only: For general instructions relating to the incorporation of cooperative
corporations see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 51 (relating to cooperative corporations). Under 15 Pa.C.S. § 7103 (relating to use of
term “cooperative” in corporate name) the corporate name in Paragraph 1 must, unless otherwise provided by statute,
contain one of the terms “cooperative” or “coop.” See 19 Pa. Code § 17.7 (relating to cooperative names). See also the
general instructions relating to the incorporation of nonprofit corporations, 19 Pa. Code Ch. 41 (relating to nonprofit
corporations generally). These instructions relate to such matters as corporate name, stated purposes, term of existence,
authorized share structure, inclusion of names of first directors in the Articles of Incorporation, provisions on incorporation
of unincorporated associations, etc.
Under 15 Pa.C.S. § 7102(a) the articles of the corporation must set forth a common bond of membership among its
members or shareholders by reason of occupation, residence or otherwise.
F. One or more corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a nonprofit/nonprofit cooperative corporation.
G. Per 15 Pa.C.S. § 5307 (relating to advertisement), the incorporators shall advertise their intention to file or the corporation
shall advertise the filing of articles of incorporation. Proofs of publication of such advertising should not be submitted to,
and will not be received by or filed in, the Department, but should be filed with the minutes of the corporation.
H. This form and all accompanying documents shall be mailed to the address stated above.
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