>>>>> "Sam" == Sam Hart <[email protected]> writes:

Sam> Last night at the meeting someone (I forget who and what the
Sam> context was) mentioned some issues with regard to non-profits
Sam> having "Donate Here" buttons on their sites with PayPal (and I
Sam> forget *what* the issue was... I'd do terrible in a line-up,
Sam> wouldn't I? :-)

Sam> Well, I got on this morning and found that *all* of the
Sam> non-profits I'm involved with are doing this. So I was wondering
Sam> if whoever it was last night could email me (off list, unless
Sam> someone else felt it was pertinent to have it on-list) some links
Sam> with information and some of the details?

It was me that mentioned it.  Our paypal account was frozen on January
3rd.  We were alerted to this by paypal in an email with vague
requests for more information.  The email pointed to a Resolution
Center page, and that page pointed back at the email.  Attempts to be
responsive via the web interface did not provide any obvious
indication that they'd been acknowledged.  I sent an email instead
with explanatory information and pointing at documentation of our
non-profit status.  We were promised a response within 72 hours (which
would be today sometime).  I haven't seen it yet.  I may try calling
later today.

>From googling a phrase from the email, it appears that the issue that
prompted this was our use of a Donate button.  It seems they want the
use of the Donate button to be exclusively for tax-deductible
donations.  However, we are a tax-exempt 501c3 public charity, so we
*should* be okay with their arbitrary policy.


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