John Hunter, 22.03.2012 20:39: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote: >>> Well, I seem to remember from a talk that NumFOCUS will have a full-time >>> (or part-time?) position to deal with such administration. And they'll be >>> set up as a non-profit (so tax-exempt for US-based donations). So I think >>> that's a better route than PayPal. >> >> Sounds like it. Is their tax-exempt status restricted to the US? That would >> be unfortunate for many donators. > > NUMFOCUS is in the process of trying to get 501c status, but does not yet > have it. This will take some time. This means individual donations will > not be tax exempt in the US until we have that status. If businesses are > donating, they can deduct it as a business expense, but individuals are out > of luck for now.
Ok, just for clarification: the foundation is US based and not currently targeting any other countries, right? Personally, I think most serious donations would be from companies anyway, which would then not be restricted to the US. And for individuals, we could still put up a PayPal button (if we have anything to let them pay for). >>> Should we solicit donations on our webpage with a link to NumFOCUS? (I >>> can ask NumFOCUS whether they're cool with that.) >> >> Interesting. If they have the administration set up (BTW, is that paid or >> do they want something for that?), they should be able to handle project >> specific money as well. > > NUMFOCUS does have a full time administrator, and will be happy to process > and distribute targeted donations for Cython. This is at a "no cost to > you" basis, ie the foundation will not take overhead but will cover these > costs out of NUMFOCUS donations. At least that is my understanding, but I > can confirm at the next director's meeting. Cool. Then I'm all for taking that route. Stefan _______________________________________________ cython-devel mailing list cython-devel@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel
