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<h2>Tax-Deductible, Earmarked Donations</h2>

   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.</p>

   <p>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:

<h2>Avoid Non-Profit Administrivia</h2>

<p>Member projects can continue to operate in the same way they did before

joining the Conservancy without having to select a board of directors or

any other layer of corporate management, without having to maintain

corporate records and without having to do any of the other things

required of incorporated entities.  The Conservancy handles all of that

burden on behalf of its projects.</p>