If your PTO is operating with the school district's tax id number, then your PTO is an department of the district, not an independent parent group. You might operate like an indp. parent group, but your money is owned by whoever owns the tax id number you use. In that case, I don't think you'll have any formal paperwork to file, just change your name on your letterhead -- but you mention a tax guy for your PTO...can you clarify your PTO's status?

When your school opens, your parents may be able to create a brand new, separate independent parent group, with its own tax id number and 501c3 status. However, if all your schools currently operate under the administration's oversight, you might have to sell the idea of creating a new independent entity to the school board or administration.

On the other hand, if your PTO has its own tax id number, you need to call the IRS about a name change since tax numbers are issued by the feds, not the states. And, if you are incorporated in your state, you'll will also need to talk to the state department of commerce (or whoever sets up corporations in your state). You can call the IRS's non-profit help line at 1-877-829-5500 for help.

Actually, I think that all of our schools use the districts exempt # - the main issue is that the new school is going to be named something other than our current school - Thanks for the imput - I will contact our tax guy and the state.

When our school moved two years ago I'm thinking they just did a change of address.

I guess I would try calling the "tax-exempt" office in your state. The school is going to need to go through the same issue if it hasn't already.

Does anyone have experience with this?? Our school is closing at the end of next school year. A new is school is being built which I was told by an assistant superintendant that our school population will go there (of course I'm not holding my breath - but for now will assume it is true).
My question is does anyone know if we can change the name of our PTO and still use our current tax exempt #? I am hoping that there is a very simple short form to fill out for name change/address change (haha). I'll ask my accountant at the end of the year, but thought you all might have a heads up for me. The school boundries won't be official until next December/January.