all to the general fund, but we unfortunately discovered that without

  this requirement, Conservancy was not able to offer the myriad of

  services to all its projects, particularly to larger projects that

  have more income and therefore need more attention from staff.  Even now,

  the 10% we receive from our project does not fully fund our fiscal

  sponsorship activities; we raise additional funds

  sponsorship work.</p>

<p>We do understand that, particularly for small projects that only receive a

  few small donations, that donating a percentage of your income back to

  Conservancy can be a high burden.  We encourage such small projects to

  consider <a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/">Software in the Public