[IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

[Dave Crossland]

Hi!

On 23 May 2016 at 09:44, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

> I am not aware of any method to donate money to Sugar Labs. I understand
> we need to make the donations to SFC and somehow have the money arrive in
> our funds.
>

That's right.

The #1 service for member projects listed at
http://sfconservancy.org/members/services/ is:

*Tax-Deductible, Earmarked Donations*

Member projects can receive earmarked donations through Conservancy. Since
Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, donors can
often deduct the donation on their USA taxes. Additionally, the donors can
indicate that their donation should be used to advance a specific member
project, and those funds are kept in a separate account for the member
project by Conservancy. This structure prevents developers from having to
commingle project funds with their own personal accounts or having to set
up their own project specific account.

Since Conservancy is a tax-exempt organization, there are some limits that
the law places on what member projects can do with their assets, but those
limits are the same as if the project was an independent non-profit entity.
Usually, the project leadership instructs Conservancy's leadership on how
the project's funds are spent. Conservancy spends these funds on the
project's behalf on any expenses that constitute appropriate activity under
Conservancy's 501(c)(3) not-for-profit mission. Some typical uses of
earmarked donations by Conservancy's member projects are:


   - funding travel expenses for project developers to attend relevant
      conferences.
      - domain name fees, bandwidth costs, and computer equipment purchases.
      - purchasing media for distribution of project software at
      conferences and events.
      - paying key developers on a contractual basis to improve the
      project's software and its documentation.
      - sponsoring and organizing conferences for the project.
      - trademark registration and enforcement.
      - FLOSS license enforcement and compliance activity.


http://sfconservancy.org/donate/ says,

*Donate to Our Member Projects*


Finally, Conservancy also maintains directed donation programs for its
member projects. Donation links for these directed donation programs are
typically found on the individual websites of our members.


https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate says,

Mail us a check

Please make your check payable to:


Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.

and place this note in the memo field:


Directed donation: Sugar Labs

Checks should then be mailed to:


Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.

137 MONTAGUE ST STE 380

Brooklyn, NY 11201-3548

USA


This needs to be made very clear on the web site.
>

Sure :) Please draft something for what you think should be on the website
donation page :)


> I am not referring to 'lying', I am referring to asking the question. If
> it is a donation, a person can donate what they feel comfortable with.
>

I don't understand your point :)

-- 
Cheers
Dave
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