An organizational charter, often referred to as a “charter” for short, is a formal document that outlines an organization's purpose, mission, values, goals, and structure.
Charters are legal documents that legally set up corporate companies. Only national and regional governments are authorised to issue charters. For a company to be chartered, they must have established themselves as partnerships, sole proprietorship, or any other similar structures.
Traditionally, when starting a nonprofit, the best choice for legal structure is to form a nonprofit corporation at the state level and to apply for 501(c)(3) tax exemption at the federal level.
Charter and Bylaws respectively, mean with respect to any corporation, those instruments that, among other things, (i) define its existence, as filed or recorded with the applicable Authority, including such corporation's Articles or Certificate of Incorporation, and (ii) otherwise govern its internal affairs, in each ...
Nonprofit bylaws (aka bylaws and articles of organization) explain how your organization operates. These rules explain the election process for board members, board meeting guidelines and frequency, compensation disclosures, indemnity clauses, and more. Simply put, it's an operating manual for running your nonprofit.