On 11/16/2015 05:30 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 07:43:46PM -0500, Stephen Michel wrote: >>> >> Does this also mean that should we decide to use the >> "donation-to-us" mechanism, those donations would be 501(c)(3) >> deductible? > > I don't think this affects that possibility, really. > > Right now, people can donate tax-deductible money to the OSI earmarked > for us, and they will "support us" with that money as part of their > own mission. (I'm not sure if that's an informal understanding or a > formal arrangement.)
It is a formal arrangement. We are a *formal* incubator project, and they'll have some announcement soon and more updated wiki page on their site about it all. > > To somehow make patron contributions automatically be donations to the > OSI, which then turn around and get sent to the projects according to > our mechanism, is probably not something under consideration. > > The OSI partnership is specificalyl for our incubation / prototype / pre-launch phase only. -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss
