Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:29:35 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: "brian j . peterson" <rbw@myplace.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is the state of the FreeBSD Foundation? Message-ID: <20010613112935.I6020@johncoop> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106131109410.93613-100000@q.closedsrc.org>; from lplist@closedsrc.org on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:13:14 -0700 References: <20010613111847.B1329@malkavian.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106131109410.93613-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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On 2001.06.13 11:13 Linh Pham wrote: > On 2001-06-13, brian j. peterson scribbled: > > # the main reason i ask is that i would like to donate money to help the > # FreeBSD project, and, based on what i have read, i could get a tax- > # deduction out of the deal if i could donate to the FreeBSD Foundation. > # unfortunately, i can find no information about HOW to make a donation. > > Information about donations to the FreeBSD Project can be found here: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib-how.html > > According to section 20.2.5.1, it seems like you cannot do a tax > write-off just because you donated money to FreeBSD (since they aren't a > 501(c)(3) chartiable organization). > > Instead, you should think about donating money to FreeBSD to help > further the project and allow the group to allocate more resources to > improve the software and anything within the FreeBSD project as much as > possible. > > You can send money to the address provided in the URL above or through > FreeBSDMall.com > > -- > Linh Pham > [lplist@closedsrc.org] > > // 404b - Brain not found > As noted in the previous thread, the handbook page is out of date. I believe someone in the know commented that that the FreeBSD Foundation IS IRC 501(c)(3) qualified--a charitable organization. jmc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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