<p>Hello! I am a rising Junior and the President of one nonprofit organization that I started about a year ago about cancer awareness, care, and furthering its research. I work closely with the American Cancer Society and I am continuing to be involved with them for a while. However, a friend of mine recently committed suicide due to their sexual preference and another friend of mine came forward at a national conference for Youth In Government about her experiences with sexual, verbal, and physical abuse. They both really inspired me and it made me want to start another nonprofit seeking to prevent abuse, bullying, and sexual crime in our state. However, though I am extremely passionate about both of these issues, I am hesitant that a college admissions office may just think I am trying to flood my resume with everything I can. My dream school is Brown or Columbia. Should I make the new nonprofit or simply keep the one I already have?</p>
<p>I’m not really sure why you need to start a nonprofit to raise awareness about these issues. A lot of organizations already exist, and I’m sure there are plenty of things you could do to help. And don’t worry about what a college admissions office will think.</p>
<p>I want to help make as much as an impact as I can. Do you know of any nonprofits that already do plenty of stuff like that?</p>
<p>The Trevor Project already exists: <a href=“http://www.thetrevorproject.org/[/url]”>http://www.thetrevorproject.org/</a>
Why not simply do some fundraising for this well-regarded organization, or invite one of its representatives to speak at your school? I think that would be far more useful and efficient than cobbling together some kind of new organization on the local level. Besides, I don’t see how a high school student could effectively run two nonprofit organizations. Compliance with the legal and accounting requirements alone would be a full-time job.</p>
<p>The whole “non profit organization” thing is a misnomer for 99.9% of HS orgs. You started a local ad hoc charity organization. The NFP designation is a US IRS legal designation – which applies to registered corporations and their IRS tax status. </p>
<p>Don’t get caught up in trying to “create” anything. We adults know what you do and don’t create. The exact question that MommaJ posed to you would be the question I would ask you if i were interviewing you. How would you answer us?</p>
<p>(But by saying you already have “started a NFP org” already raises red flags to me)</p>