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Your 12-month curriculum
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Welcome — Your 12-Month Nonprofit Roadmap →
Welcome & the 12-month roadmap
Month 1 — Validate Your Idea & Define Your Mission →
Validate your idea & define your mission
Month 2 — Recruit Your Founding Board →
Recruit your founding board
Month 3 — Incorporate & Get Your EIN →
Incorporate & get your EIN
Month 4 — Apply for 501(c)(3) Status →
Apply for 501(c)(3) status
Month 5 — Set Up Finances & Compliance →
Set up finances & compliance
Month 6 — Design Programs for Measurable Impact →
Design programs for measurable impact
Month 7 — Get Grant-Ready →
Get grant-ready
Month 8 — Find & Win Grants →
Find & win grants
Month 9 — Build Individual & Recurring Giving →
Build individual & recurring giving
Month 10 — Tell Your Story & Market for Free →
Tell your story & market for free
Month 11 — Build Sustainable, Diversified Revenue →
Build sustainable, diversified revenue
Month 12 — Grow, Govern & Sustain (and Graduate) →
Grow, govern & sustain — and graduate
Graduation — You Launched Your Nonprofit →
Graduation & certificate
🎓 Earn your Certificate of Completion
Finish the course and register your nonprofit's EIN with Good Circles to claim a free, printable Certificate of Completion — and start earning recurring, unrestricted funding for your new organization.
Why Good Circles built this
Good Circles is free for nonprofits, and it's how we help fund the work you're about to build: supporters pick your cause once, then a share of their everyday local spending — about 10% of each merchant's net profit, conservatively ~$72 per active supporter per year (an estimate) — funds you automatically, recurring and unrestricted. We launch Mississippi-first in September 2026.
See how it works for nonprofits →