133: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Mississippi and Georgia

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 133 is the 23rd in a series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Mississippi and Georgia.

In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection with California. Earlier episodes have covered 41 states and the District of Columbia. After today's episode, the only remaining states are Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska. 

You can find all prior episodes on our website or on Farella's YouTube channel, where a playlist is available for state filing requirements.

Show Notes:

Farella YouTube podcast channel

Mississippi:

Mississippi Business Services & Regulations Home Page: https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services-regulation

Mississippi Current Entity Search: https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessIdSearch/portal.aspx#clear=1

Mississippi Secretary of State Nonprofit Requirements FAQ: https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services/non-profit-requirements

Mississippi Business Filings FAQ: https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services/faqs

Mississippi Fees Schedule: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/FeeSchedule.pdf

Mississippi Filing PowerPoint FAQ: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/New%20Filing%20System.pdf

Mississippi Annual Report Filing page: https://www.sos.ms.gov/index.php/business-services/annual-reports

Mississippi Secretary of State Charitable Organizations Registration Homepage: https://charities.sos.ms.gov/online/portal/ch/page/instructions/Portal.aspx

Mississippi Department of Revenue online portal: https://www.dor.ms.gov/

Mississippi Department of Revenue Exempt Entities FAQ: https://www.dor.ms.gov/sites/default/files/Laws%26Regs/Exempt%20Entities%20(final).pdf

Georgia:

Georgia Secretary of State Business Home Page: https://sos.ga.gov/corporations-division-georgia-secretary-states-office

Georgia Secretary of State current entity database: https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/businesssearch

Georgia Corporation filing FAQ: https://georgia.gov/register-corporation

Georgia Foreign Entity filing FAQ: https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-to-guide-register-foreign-entity

Georgia Filing Fees and Processing FAQ: https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Reference%20-%20Filing%20Fees%20%28Effective%209.6.2025%29.pdf

Georgia Business Filings FAQ: https://sos.ga.gov/page/business-division-faq

Georgia Articles of Incorporation Exemplar PDF: https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Filing%20Procedure%20-%20Corporation_1.pdf

Georgia Application for Certificate of Authority form: https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Application%20-%20Certificate%20of%2