15:20 Aug 12, 2009 

as this is a specialty field of hers. I'm just glad the information was helpful to you.

14:13 Aug 12, 2009 

I thoroughly read the Wiki-article on non-profits that Woodstock cites and then went to one of the refs at the bottom of the article: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faqcat/26-24. It has lots of information on non-profits (actually, more than one would probably ever want to know)...

That makes it even harder, because setting up a non-profit is actually a lot different (and possibly harder) than setting up an e.V. but I think that at this stage, choosing terms for the US and Australian readership that capture the essence might be better than contuing to lose sleep over the issue.
So my question is: what do all of you other professionals think about "non-profit" for the Americans and "incorporated association" for the Aussies??

(it does make it hard to give points, too - does anyone have experience in that??)

13:49 Aug 12, 2009 

For-profit corporations are automatically listed in the commercial register. Tax-exempt associations/foundations can incorporate but do not have to formally register if by their nature no tax liabilities ensue. It falls under the freedom of association act, I believe. In other words, your Skatclub does not need a licence to operate.

11:51 Aug 12, 2009 

I'm sorry to contradict Martin, but I have never heard this used for not-for-profit entities in the States. A friend of mine has founded two non-charitable, non-profit organizations, and he has never talked about his "incorporated associations", only non-profit organizations. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, just that it isn't the more common term. "Non-profit organization" + US had 10 million Google hits, "incorporated association" + US turned up 32,000 and at first glance were not the right type of references.

11:29 Aug 12, 2009 

Then "voluntary association" is per se a charitable org and would not fit in this context. "Incorporated association" appears to be the term used in the USA (as well AUS) for a charitable but non-profit organization.

11:26 Aug 12, 2009 

I checked the KOG before posting the question. None of the answers in it seem to me to fit my question, which is the reason I went ahead and posted it. The hints from Alison and Woodstock are very helpful, however.

11:04 Aug 12, 2009 

I'm sorry, Martin - I am very caught up in the whole thing so that to me, it's entirely clear that it's a non-charitable but non-profit organization. Sorry for the omission !!

10:57 Aug 12, 2009 

Thanks for your answer, Elizabeth, but you still do not say what sort of e.V. it will be :-((

10:44 Aug 12, 2009 

Thanks for the question. The document is a "Lizenzvertrag"/"License agreement" governing the relationship between a German e.V. (to be founded in September) and an Austrian Institute. In short, the Institute will grant the e.V. the right to use the Institute's trademark in its name for a certain period of time.
The importance of the question is that the Institute also has American and Australian offshoots that also want/need to set up websites using the Institute trademark. Because the Germans are first in setting up an agreement with the Institute, the point is finding a formulation that helps the USA and Oz groups find a correlation for their own countries.

10:44 Aug 12, 2009 

10:19 Aug 12, 2009 

That would depend on what type of "registered association" it is: charitable, non-charitable, not-for-profit etc. Perhaps you can provide a little more context.