From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44B0C138334 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65DB2E08D3; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 254D2E08D3 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (pool-108-44-175-72.clppva.fios.verizon.net [108.44.175.72]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bman) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98D1A3470D5 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 03:45:26 -0400 From: Aaron Bauman To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees: Gentoo Foundation - Treasurer Response! Message-ID: <20190705074526.GA20524@localhost.localdomain> References: <86784617.NvtdGxuBOO@pinacolada> <865f16d3896a75d4683a4d37a20250876a75e898.camel@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) X-Archives-Salt: f1b9b512-2e32-446f-91fc-01e0f6c57084 X-Archives-Hash: 3f5bff95bb081d0722203c1661891417 On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 09:08:14AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:56 AM Michał Górny wrote: > > > > Are you aware if the fee is going to be the same if we > > go for proper non-profit? > > Do you mean 501c3 by "proper non-profit?" Or some other tax-exempt status? > > I think most around here have abandoned all hope of ever running our > own 501c3. A number don't even think we should try, and a 501c3 is > hard enough to get approved if you have a professional board all > towing the party line. If you get people making public statements > like we ought to be a trade association (which is non-exempt) it would > be even harder. > This is not true. A 501c3 is not some mysterious unicorn that no one can obtain. Plenty of organizations gain tax-exempt status with the IRS by simply filing and following the law. We will be just fine if we decide to maintain a 501c3. > However, I imagine most CPAs would charge more for a tax-exempt org as > there is MUCH more scrutiny on their operations. I'd also argue that > we would need to be spending more on compliance in general or > consulting ad-hoc with professionals to not run afoul of the law. > No, not true either. -- Cheers, Aaron