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21-472: Swormstedt's family owns the signage industry trade journal Signs of the Times , which has been published since 1906. Swormstedt's grandfather, H.C. Menefee, was the first editor of the publication, and purchased it for himself in 1911. Swormstedt had been working at the journal for over twenty years before becoming inspired to start a sign museum in 1999. His family provided $ 1 million for the project, and figures from

42-607: A state government that exists to serve its members in ways other than obtaining and distributing profits to them. Therefore, it cannot obtain IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit status as a charitable organization . A mutual-benefit corporation can be non-profit or not-for-profit, but it still must pay regular corporate tax rates. A mutual benefit corporation will pay the same taxes as a regular for-profit corporation, with C corporation tax rates. Mutual benefit corporations must still file tax returns and pay income tax because they are not formed for

63-708: A state or province government. The government agency responsible for regulating such corporations is usually the official holder of records, for instance a state Secretary of State . Religious corporations are formed like all other nonprofit corporations by filing articles of incorporation with the state. Religious corporation articles need to have the standard tax exempt language the IRS requires. Religious corporations are subject to less rigorous state and federal filing and reporting requirements than many other tax-exempt organizations, such as mutual benefit nonprofit corporations , or public benefit nonprofit corporations . Depending on

84-454: A corporation does. Federal tax laws outline the considerations of religious organizations and corporations and disclose tax information to be considered for tax exemption. The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests, and no part of a section 501 organization's net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. If the organization engages in an excess benefit transaction with

105-417: A person having substantial influence over the organization, an excise tax may be imposed on the person and any organization managers agreeing to the transaction. Churches and associated corporations are automatically considered tax-exempt and are not required to apply for and obtain recognition of exempt status from the IRS. Donors are allowed to claim a charitable deduction for donations to a church that meets

126-676: A popular restaurant among Cornell University students. Many signs owned by the museum were too large to fit the original exhibit space. To better accommodate the collection, the museum began purchasing a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m) property in Camp Washington, Cincinnati , in 2007. The new location is part of the Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex , a National Register of Historic Places building. The museum opened in its new home in June 2012, and

147-412: A purpose from which anyone in the world could benefit. Mutual benefit corporations are formed for nonprofit purposes like managing a condo association, a downtown business district, or a homeowners' association. A utility cooperative is an example of an MBNC. Religious corporation A religious corporation is a type of religious non-profit organization , which has been incorporated under

168-572: A subordinate part of some general corporation or denomination in which there are superior ministerial tribunals, with the general and ultimate power of judicature over the whole membership of the general organization. Accordingly, the General Conference of 1872, in pursuance of a resolution offered, after consultation, and subsequently approved by the Committee on Church Extension, bishops were directed "to appoint, in each State and Territory, and in

189-478: Is recognized as a corporation by virtue of the treaty of 1898 in Spain, while other religious corporations derive their status from their charters granted to them by the state. All religious, private, and civil corporations are created for the purpose of conducting the temporal affairs of their affiliated church. The church by the nature of its organization may be entirely independent of other clerical associations; or maybe

210-567: The trustee corporation , the modern form of the corporation sole, and the Roman Catholic Church ". In the United States, religious corporations are subject to less rigorous state and federal filing and reporting requirements than other tax-exempt organizations, such as mutual benefit nonprofit corporations , or public benefit nonprofit corporations . Depending on the state in which they are located, they may also be exempt from some of

231-656: The District of Columbia, one person learned in the law, whose duty it shall be to furnish gratuitously to the Board of Church Extension a form of a deed, forms of mortgages and bequests, and forms for legal incorporation of churches, with written suggestions in relation thereto as may be deemed desirable." Each state has its own laws regarding charitable organizations, specifically those of a religious manner. Each state has general guidelines they must follow in order to declare these corporations' ability to be exempt from taxes, and function as

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252-502: The building displays about 500 signs and artifacts, many of which are on a faux streetscape in a town called "Signville". Neonworks of Cincinnati moved its business into the museum's new location and features a live exhibit showing visitors how they restore neon signs. Nonprofit corporation A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on

273-405: The inspections or regulations governing non-religious groups performing the same services. The laws of the different states disclose the fact that, notwithstanding the diversity of statutory provisions concerning charitable and religious corporations, there is such a degree of uniformity as to suggest the corporations in different states have diverse statutory provisions. The Roman Catholic Church

294-567: The late nineteenth century to the 1970s. Highlights of the collection include samples of gold leaf lettering on glass, a Sputnik -like plastic orb from an Anaheim shopping center, a rotating neon windmill from a Denver donut shop, Las Vegas showcards, and a fiberglass Frisch's Big Boy statue with a slingshot in his pocket. (The slingshot was omitted from later models of the Big Boy statue.) One can also find signs from businesses such as Big Bear Stores , Howard Johnson's , and Earl Scheib . Over

315-424: The law from mutual-benefit nonprofit corporations in that they are organized for the general public benefit , rather than for the interest of its members. They are also distinct in the law from religious corporations. A religious corporation is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote religious purposes. Often these types of corporations are recognized under the law on a subnational level, for instance by

336-483: The law. Often these types of corporations are recognized under the law on a subnational level, for instance by a state or province government. The government agency responsible for regulating such corporations is usually the official holder of records, for instance, the Secretary of State . In the United States, religious corporations are formed like all other nonprofit corporations by filing articles of incorporation with

357-499: The laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation may seek official recognition as such, and may be taxed differently from for-profit corporations , and treated differently in other ways. A public-benefit nonprofit corporation is a type of nonprofit corporation chartered by a state government , and organized primarily or exclusively for social , educational , recreational or charitable purposes by like-minded citizens. Public-benefit nonprofit corporations are distinct in

378-407: The museum's entrance, visitors are greeted by a 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) fiberglass genie from a Los Angeles carpet company. In 2008, the museum acquired a single-arch 1963 McDonald's sign from Huntsville, Alabama . The sign features McDonald's Speedee character, who was phased out in favor of Ronald McDonald in the 1960s. In 2009, the museum added a neon sign from Johnny’s Big Red Grill, once

399-471: The signage industry gave donations of their own. The museum was founded as a nonprofit corporation . Swormstedt considered building the museum in Los Angeles , St. Louis , Memphis , and other sites, but eventually settled on Cincinnati, the base of operations for Signs of the Times . Over 200 signs and other objects are on display at the museum, and over 3,800 items are cataloged. The collection ranges from

420-417: The state in which they are located, they may also be exempt from some of the inspections or regulations governing non-religious groups performing the same services. Religious corporations are permitted to designate a person to act in the capacity of corporation sole . A mutual-benefit nonprofit corporation or membership corporation, in the United States, is a type of nonprofit corporation chartered by

441-475: The state. Religious corporation articles need to have the standard tax-exempt language the IRS requires. Religious corporations are permitted to designate a person to act in the capacity of corporation sole . This is a person who acts as the official holder of the title on the property, etc. There are four different forms of religious corporations with regard to their laws and the way they function within government. The four classes are "the aggregate corporation,

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