On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Stefan Behnel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stefan_ml@behnel.de">stefan_ml@behnel.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
> Well, I seem to remember from a talk that NumFOCUS will have a full-time<br>
> (or part-time?) position to deal with such administration. And they'll be<br>
> set up as a non-profit (so tax-exempt for US-based donations). So I think<br>
> that's a better route than PayPal.<br>
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</div>Sounds like it. Is their tax-exempt status restricted to the US? That would<br>
be unfortunate for many donators.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
> Should we solicit donations on our webpage with a link to NumFOCUS? (I can<br>
> ask NumFOCUS whether they're cool with that.)<br>
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</div>Interesting. If they have the administration set up (BTW, is that paid or<br>
do they want something for that?), they should be able to handle project<br>
specific money as well.</blockquote><div> </div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>JDH</div></div>