[CIMC-working] Online donations

[Chris Kaihatsu]

At Sunday's meeting we agreed on PayPal, so there's no need to mull over
that issue further. If participants want to make other proposals, then those
would be separate issues.


Chris



on 1/14/03 8:13 PM, Ian Bicking at ianb@colorstudy.com wrote:

> Network For Good actually lists several organizations that will take
> donations, Network For Good included:
> http://www.networkforgood.org/npo/fundraising/fund_resources/toolsfund.html
> 
> To do Network For Good, they want you to register with GuideStar, which
> seems to be some sort of NPO registry, that involves reports on the
> charities and other stuff I'm not clear on.  Very 501c3 oriented -- to
> start the registration you need a Employer Identification Number.
> 
> Anyway, looking through the other options, none of them impress -- many
> of them have fees that exceed Paypal's, and it would probably be a
> struggle since we aren't a 501c3 -- even if we can go through 8th Day,
> it will just be confusing.  Anyone making a donation large enough that
> they really care about the tax deduction can probably write a check.
> 
> If we were a 501c3 I'm sure there would be lots of good alternatives.
> But for now I see no reason why there'd be any option better than
> Paypal.  
> 
> Ian
> 
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