On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > 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.
That would be great! - Robert _______________________________________________ cython-devel mailing list cython-devel@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel
