Abstract
Charter schools are a popular sight in the educational field today. For the IRS to consider a charter school a 501(c)(3) organization, nonprofit charter schools must be organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes, meaning purposes relating to the instruction of individuals to improve their capabilities. To be organized for educational purposes, the articles of the organization must limit the entity to educational purposes while also preventing the organization from engaging in substantial noneducational activities. To operate exclusively for educational purposes, an organization’s activities must be substantially in furtherance of educational purposes while also not substantially benefitting a private individual. This educational purpose requirement, however, does not preclude a nonprofit organization from participating in activities that are not strictly educational, provided that those activities are in furtherance of the educational goal of the organization.
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