Question about nonprofit and spike

Thanks we have done lot of this fundraising by baking over 1000 cookies, conducting workshops where people donate voluntarily and other friends and families who have helped us with donating money when we tell them about the cause we are supporting. Until now no one has really asked us for tax benefits or receipts that’s why we were wondering if it makes sense to create a 501c (we know that takes quite some work too). Looks like as long as are able to talk about our impact, numbers and benefit to the community that’s good enough from a college perspective? Thanks