On 2023-08-29 21:14:43 Stuart Henderson <stu.lists () spacehopper ! org> wrote:
>On 2023-08-29, Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi...@uottawa.ca> wrote: >> To clarify, I'm looking for something with a similar structure at the US >> PostgreSQL >> Association (which is a registered 501(c)(3) public charitable entity), but >> for BSD >> or OpenBSD. >I'm pretty sure there is nothing for OpenBSD like this. Perhaps SPI (Software in the Public Interest) provides this capability (if I understand correctly). I discovered this when I tried to donate to Libreoffice, which is headquartered in Germany. >From SPI's wikipedia page: Software in the Public Interest, Inc. (SPI) is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization domiciled in New York State formed to help other organizations create and distribute free open-source software and open-source hardware. Anyone is eligible to apply for membership, and contributing membership is available to those who participate in the free software community. Their web page is: www.spi-inc.org As nearly as I can tell, SPI handles all the paperwork and interactions with the IRS, and allows people in the U.S. to donate to a 501(c)3. This gives the donor a tax benefit. Donors who are used to donating through a Donor Advised Fund are restricted by the DAF to 501(c)3 recipients. So OpenBSD might possibly attract some new donors. Katherine Mcmillan mentioned PostgreSQL. I see on https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/ that PostgreSQL is one of the projects that already use SPI for its donations. The downside is that SPI charges 5% for this service. It looks to me like Paypal and the credit cards charge about half that, but they don't provide 501(c)3 status. I have no connection with SPI, other than donating through them, and I don't know for sure how easy it would be for OpenBSD to interact with them. And I am not advocating for them, just mentioning their existence on the off chance that people were not familiar with them. -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email
