On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:31:16 -0500 "Christopher D. Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > I don't know if it helps to organize YAPC events through a nonprofit > organization, but if it would help the tax position of donors/ > sponsors or would improve the credibility of the project (or future > projects) I can give some help setting up an organization and > obtaining recognition as a tax exempt organization. I'd guess an > educational purpose might suit a local Perl organization. Thanks for the offer, Chris. But, as I understand it, The Perl Foundation provides 501.3c status for the conference. They also handle a bank account for registration funds and such to go through the non-profit. I don't understand the details myself, but having access to someone who does would be a major comfort. > Among the shoestring charities I've helped in this way is the Houston > Underwater Hockey Trust, which has been listed in IRS Pub. 78 for > some time now. My code might not be much to look at, but my law > license still works :-) Sounds like a useful thing to have.<grin/> > Let me know if there's interest. I'd need to know who to contact > about matters of internal organization; and it might be useful for > some thinking to be done along those lines anyway as this is being > set up. Benefits of tax exempt status include organizational ability > to buy sales-tax free; property ownership without county property > taxes; and the ability to be cash positive on YAPC::Houston without > giving anybody a nasty federal income tax bill. If it looks like we can put together a proposal, it might be helpful if you could talk with the appropriate people with TPF to make sure we've got all our bases covered in that area. G. Wade -- DON'T PANIC! I'm a trained professional, and far more qualified to panic in this situation than you are. _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
