List: Here (IBI) is another (tax qualified) alternative for a donation that will promote one of the technologies on the CDR side of geoengineering. Kelpie is an IBI staffer.
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelpie Wilson" <kelp...@gmail.com> To: rongretlar...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:57:11 PM Subject: Re: [geo] Charitable donations for geoengineering research Hi Ron, Yes indeed IBI is a 501c3 non-profit and donors may take a tax deduction. The money goes to support our programs: communications (newsletter and website), project support, and Biochar Guidelines. We encourage people to join as a member and also give a donation of any amount that they can afford. Here is the link to the join page on the IBI website: http://www.biochar-international.org/join Thanks for thinking of us, Ron. -Kelpie On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:27 PM, < rongretlar...@comcast.net > wrote: Kelpie: I'd like to say same things for donation to IBI. Is IBI a 501c3 type? Ron From: "Ken Caldeira" < kcalde...@carnegie.stanford.edu > To: "andrew lockley" < andrew.lock...@gmail.com > Cc: "geoengineering" < geoengineering@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:00:08 PM Subject: Re: [geo] Charitable donations for geoengineering research I believe we are able to accept such donations and would be happy to do so. http://carnegiescience.edu/giving-opportunities I believe we can accept donations earmarked for specific purposes. (If the demands are too cumbersome, we can always decline.) The normal form just let's you specify down to the department level, not the project level. However, I think a phone call or an email would be enough to specify the subject area to which the funds should be applied. --- That said, I am not a lawyer and am not speaking on behalf of my institution. For big donations, we can develop specific signed agreements about how funds would be used. For small donations, my guess is the institution would allocate the donation to the project requested by the donor, but would not want to open themselves up to potential frivolous lawsuits examining exactly how tiny donations were spent. (If you want to damage an organization, donate $10 for a specific purpose and then sue them in small claims court claiming they mis-spent the money, and then make them go through all kinds of maneuvers to document exactly how the $10 was spent.) _______________ Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA +1 650 704 7212 kcalde...@carnegie.stanford.edu http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Lockley < andrew.lock...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> It would be useful, as a matter of record, to have on this list any institutions which currently accept donations specifically earmarked for geoengineering science or policy research. At present it is unclear to me if any labs or organisations are able to accept donations from members of the public. I'm sure that there are many legitimate uses for such funds - eg funding PhDs, buying computer time, journal page fees, conference sponsorship, delegate travel bursaries. Could anyone who has details of such an opportunity for donations please reply to the list? A -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en . </blockquote> -- Ms.Kelpie Wilson IBI Project Development Director www.biochar-international.org Email: kel...@biochar-international.org Home Office: 541-592-3083 Mobile: 541-218-9890 Google Voice: 646-535-7439 (646-kelpiew) Skype: kelpie.wilson IBI is a non-profit, member-supported organization and is counting on your generous donation to put the Earth Back in the Black ! Click here to join IBI today! *In the U.S., your membership is tax-deductible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
