united-states non-profit
Can an LLC be a non-profit 501c3? And can a for-profit LLC accept donations via patreon or kickstarter?
<p>Can an LLC be a non-profits? Or are LLC's by definition for-profit organizations? If the former, how would that designation be reached?</p>

<p><a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicb01.pdf" rel="noreferrer">An LLC can obtain a 501(c)(3) designation</a>, but all its members/owners must also be 501(c)(3) non-profits.</p>
<p>So if Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity and Goodwill got together to start an LLC, that LLC could obtain a 501(c)(3) designation. If a human person is a member of an LLC, that LLC cannot obtain a 501(c)(3) designation.</p>
<p>I don't think there's any reason a for-profit LLC could not accept donations from Patreon or Kickstarter, but those donations would generally be treated as income, the same as money received in exchange for goods.</p>
