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Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries

501 (c)(3) Affiliate Membership

We can make it easy to achieve 501 (c)(3) nonprofit status. If you've been through it before, you know completing a 990 form is NOT a simple task. It's hard. It's time consuming. And it's a real struggle for small organizations.


You don't need to bear that burden. One of the greatest benefits offered by PCBL is an Affiliate Membership. Your group can become a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit without the workload by joining under our umbrella.


Download the forms below and complete the checklist. Return all of the information to PCBL, and membership will taken to the Board for approval. Once a member, your tax exempt status is effective January 1 of the year you are applying.


Please note that Membership Renewal packets and information regarding your 990 filings will be mailed out the last week of December. 


Cost: $150*

501c3 Affiliate Application Forms

Application Checklist (pdf)Download
Organization Membership Form (pdf)Download
Letter of Authorization (pdf)Download
Articles of Association (pdf)Download

501c3 Affiliate Annual Tax Packet

As a PCBL affiliate member, your Friends Group will receive a packet to be completed and returned. PCBL then files a group IRS 990 for all affiliates. It is important for all affiliates to return their packet on time to ensure that the return will be completed on time for ALL affiliates. Packets postmarked on or before March 1 have a $150* membership fee. Those postmarked on or before April 1 will incur a $200* membership fee. 


*Due to increases in accounting costs, the PCBL Board voted at its November 2024 meeting to increase its longstanding affiliate membership fees.

2024 Affiliate Tax Packet (pdf)Download

Does My Friends Group Need to File and Annual Report

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