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It changed in 2008 for 501c3s: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Exempt-Organizati...

Having been in another non-profit that also failed to notice this, if you ask the IRS very nicely, they'll usually let you come back into compliance quickly.

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But they only became a 501(c)(3) in 2012. Before that 2005-2012 they were an LLC, and so thus most definitely weren't exempt.

This is why laws need change logs for when they are modified. I knows bills have something of the sort, but they are hard to follow. Anyone who finds a specific set of laws relevant can subscribe to them and get an email when the law is changed.

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