diff --git a/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html b/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html index 1f899222cc4b2891ac2343ecefc50330c2e63470..61d1521bfc7e6973b349a90e0592b689ea0ed468 100644 --- a/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html +++ b/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ {% extends "base_members.html" %} {% block subtitle %}Member Project Services - {% endblock %} {% block category %}members{% endblock %} +{% block submenuselection %}Services{% endblock %} {% block content %}

Member Project Services

@@ -11,17 +12,27 @@ following are the services and options that are available to FLOSS projects that have joined Conservancy as a member project.

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Earmarked Donations

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Tax-Deductible, Earmarked Donations

Member projects can receive earmarked donations through Conservancy. - Donors can indicate that their donation should be used to advance a - specific member project, and those funds are kept in a separate account - by Conservancy. The project leadership can then indicate to - Conservancy's leadership how the funds should be spent to advance the - project. Generally, Conservancy permits these funds to be spent in any - way that is appropriate activity under Conservancy's 501(c)(3) - not-for-profit mission. Some typical uses of earmarked donations by - Conservancy's member projects are: + Since Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, + donors can often deduct the donation on their USA taxes. Additionally, + the donors can indicate that their donation should be used to advance a + specific member project, and those funds are kept in a separate account + for the member project by Conservancy. This structure prevents + developers from having to commingle project funds with their own + personal accounts or having to set up their own project specific + account.

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Since the Conservancy is a tax-exempt organization, there are some + limits that the law places on what member projects can do with their + assets, but those limits are the same as if the project was an + independent non-profit entity. Usually, the project leadership can + then indicate to Conservancy's leadership how the funds should be spent + to advance the project and Conservancy permits these funds to be spent + in any way that is appropriate activity under Conservancy's 501(c)(3) + not-for-profit mission. Some typical uses of earmarked donations by + Conservancy's member projects are: