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Is there a way to manage art classes without creating a non profit organization or an official school?

• Still looking for a new career here. I have an idea for an art school but before I go through all of that I would like to create a couple of art classes for students where I'd hire ...show more

• Answer:

  A nonprofit isn't "the government's". A nonprofit is an independent business. If you try to do this individually, you are going to get in a great deal of trouble doing this outside of the auspices of an existing nonprofit organization, outside of an existing school, starting your own nonprofit organization, or starting a for-profit company: you will be held liable for any thing that happens to anyone on site at your "school", you could be sued for not protecting children by requiring everyone who works with them to undergo a criminal background check, you will be taxed for any payment anyone makes to you for this "school", and on and on etc. You can either start a nonprofit organization (recruit a board of directors, convince them to donate some start up funding, convince them to hire you, file appropriate paperwork, etc.), find a nonprofit or school willing to sponsor your program (willing to pay you and to allow you to use its facilities), or start a for-profit company. If you aren't willing to go through the "hassle" of filing paperwork, you are in no way to ready to undertake this very serious endeavor.