Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode marks the 26th in our series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes, which focus on the details of state registration for nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Kansas and Missouri. With the addition of these two states, we have covered all the domestic jurisdictions for the incorporation of domestic US charitable organizations.

You can find all prior episodes on our website or on Farella's YouTube channel, where a playlist of state filing requirements is available.

Show Notes:

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Kansas:

Kansas Secretary of State Business Services Home Page: https://sos.ks.gov/businesses/businesses.html

Kansas Current Entity Search: https://www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/Search.aspx

Kansas Business One Stop for filings: https://ksbiz.kansas.gov/

Kansas Business Entity FAQ and Forms: https://sos.ks.gov/businesses/register-a-business.html

Kansas Articles of Incorporation Public Benefit: https://sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/PBC.pdf

Kansas Application for Filing Foreign Business Application: https://sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/FA.pdf

Kansas Information Report FAQ: https://sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html

Kansas Information Report Form: https://www.sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/INP.pdf

Kansas Secretary of State Starting Nonprofit FAQ: https://ksbiz.kansas.gov/start/starting-a-non-profit-organization/

Kansas Attorney General Charitable Organization Registration Home Page: https://www.ag.ks.gov/divisions/civil/licensing-inspections/charitable-organization-registration

Kansas Department of Revenue Home Page: https://www.ksrevenue.gov/

Missouri:

Missouri Secretary of State Business Home Page: https://www.sos.mo.gov/business

Missouri Secretary of State Starting a Business FAQ: https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/startBusiness

Missouri Secretary of State All Business FAQ: https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/faqs

Missouri Secretary of State's current entity database: https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/

Missouri Forms and Fees Page: https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/forms

Missouri Domestic Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation Form: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/corp52.pdf?v=2025

Missouri Application for Certificate of Authority of a Foreign Nonprofit Corporation: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/corp55a.pdf?v=2025

Missouri Schedule of Fees: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/fees.pdf

Missouri online Registration Portal: https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/

Missouri online filing FAQ: https://www.sos.mo.gov/bsd/RegSysFAQ

Missouri Attorney General Charitable Registration FAQ: https://ago.mo.gov/get-help/programs-services-from-a-z/charity/for-nonprofits/registration-faqs/

Missouri Department of Revenue Nonprofit Tax FAQ: https://dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/registration/small-business/maintain/non-profit.html

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