Family benefit for my brother-in-law

Question

Having a benefit for my brother-in-law everyone is telling me I need a tax ID number to do this benefit , the hall is also asking for a tax ID number, I rec'd an EIN number from the federal government because that is where I thought I was suppose to of gotten this number from. If anyone has ever given a benefit out there can they please help me, let me know what number I actually have to have, because according to the letter I rec'd today from the government it said that this number cannot be used for non-profit organizations, now I am totally confused, if anyone out there has ever done a benefit can you please steer me in the right direction, the benefit is on Sept. 5th, and I really need an answer if anyone has one.

Answer 1

A federal tax identification number (also know as an employer identification number or EIN), is a number assigned solely to your business by the IRS. Your tax ID number is used to identify your business to several federal agencies responsible for the regulation of business. You need to apply www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,...