AFAIK most groups have not yet organized as a NP with the IRS. It all depends on what level of work the group is doing; if it's spreading-the-word/recruiting volunteers, or if it is a Users-Group they may not need one.
If a group is rolling out a deployment at a large scale I am sure that it would become a necessity to do so. Even though that requires a lot of overhead when it comes to paperwork and accounting. In my grassroots efforts back in Washington state and with the excellent SeaXO group, it wasn't necessary to have a formal structure. But I never got very far in my work there. I would love to hear other group's experience. Seth On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Jason Hoekstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm curious for those involved in grassroots organizations, if any have > been setup as IRS registered 501(c)3 non-profit groups? If so, I would > assume the organizations take donations in order to fund projects and > equipment. If a group on list has gone through the process, I'd be really > interested in hearing about the experiences. > > Thanks, > > Jason Hoekstra > OLPC Atlanta > > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > >
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