The filing fee for Form 1023 is $600.Certain organizations are eligible to use Form 1023-EZ instead. The filing fee for Form 1023-EZ is $275.In order to be eligible to file Form 1023-EZ, the organization must:Estimate that its annual gross receipts will not exceed $50,000 this fiscal year or either of the next two fiscal years; andHave not had annual gross receipts that exceeded $50,000 in any of the past three fiscal years; andHas total assets (such as cash, accounts receivable, inventories, bonds receivable, notes receivable, corporate stocks, loans receivable, other investments, fixed assets) of $250,000 or less; andHave been formed under the laws of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory, a U.S. possession, a federally recognized Indian tribal government, or an Alaskan native government; andHas a mailing address in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory, a U.S. possession, a federally recognized Indian tribal government, or an Alaskan native government; andIs not a successor to, or controlled by, an entity suspended as a terrorist organization, related to terrorism, or supporting terrorism; andIs organized as a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a trust; andIs organized as a nonprofit organization; andHas not substantially taken over all of the assets or activities of a for-profit entity; andHas not been converted or merged from a for-profit entity; andHas not installed the same officers, directors, or trustees as a for-profit entity that no longer exists; andDid not have its 501(c)(3) status previously revoked by the Internal Revenue Service; andIs not a successor to an organization whose 501(c)(3) status was previously revoked by the Internal Revenue Service for any reason other than not filing a Form 990-series return for three consecutive years; andIs not currently recognized as tax-exempt under another section of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(a); andHas never been previously exempt under another section of Internal Revenue Code 501(a).Processing time frame of a Form 1023 or Form 1023-EZ varies greatly. It can take four weeks. It can take four months. It can take a year or more.Alternatively, an organization automatically has 501(c)(3) status and is not required have to file a Form 1023 or a Form 1023-EZ if the organization is:A church, synagogues, temple, mosques, other place of worship, integrated auxiliary of a church, convention of churches, association of churches; orAn organization that typically has gross receipts of $5,000 or less in each fiscal year.Form 1023: Amount of User Feehttps://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...