In California, nonprofits must complete the federal process and also fill out a separate application with the state of California for 501(c)(3) status in order to get state income tax liability exemption from the California Franchise Tax Board. This application is quite lengthy and complicated, and there is no short form even for nonprofits that qualify to use the federal form 1023-EZ. This makes getting 501(c)(3) status a little more complicated in California than in most other states.