Hi Steve, Congratulations on getting this far, and on choosing such a worthwhile goal.
As a registered charity, have you explored whether companies/ individuals can donate their services and claim the market cost of the services as a tax deduction? - alan On Jul 6, 12:36 pm, Steve Orenstein <sorenst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > About a year ago we started buildingwww.yourdonation.org.auboth my > self and a college were looking at ways we could give back to the > community. Having a good understanding of building technology > platforms etc and seeing how some charities were using companies like > Everyday Hero (paying 6.5+%) to collect funds online, we decided that > this was an area we could help relatively easily. > > The platform has been built and owned 100% by the charity. (Yep it's a > registered charity in Australia) > > Moving forward we are looking for people/companies to get on board to > assist with things moving forward. (Marketing/Development work etc) > > I don't expect this to require huge amounts of time as the platform > has been setup to automate a lot of the work. > > So yes i do believe this solution can last 10+years.... it's really a > matter of building a team of people/companies who want to make > difference... > > To date we have been able to fund this ourselves.... moving forward > with people donating their time etc we would see very little money > required to keep this moving forward. > > Let me know if you have any other questions. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > On Jul 6, 9:15 am, Jonathan Clarke <clarke.jonat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I commend you for this. It's a tough problem that every charity faces and > > the banks seem to fleece them at every opportunity. > > > Is this sustainable? You're a non-profit entity, how will this last 2 / 5 / > > 10 years if you are providing a free service? Will you be accepting > > donations yourselves or planning on just surviving through the various > > grants on offer? > > > Jonathan > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:18 AM, drllau <drlawrence...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So are you going to be able to embed the deposit/whatever widget/icon > > > on ANY website? > > > > Do you want to be multiplatform (android, etc)? > > > > Can you do native multiple currencies? > > > > How about tax invoices? > > > > Security/traceability issues? > > > > I'm consulting to a large non-profit at the moment but typically they > > > don't take small change (apart from selling postcards). Give me a > > > private phone# to contact on to talk further. > > > Lawrence > > >http://nz.linkedin.com/in/drllau > > > > On Jul 5, 4:36 pm, Steve Orenstein <sorenst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We are running the whole technology platform as a charity.... Ie we > > > > aren't going to make any money out of collecting of the donations. > > > > > Currently companies in the market are charging around 6.5% for the > > > > collection of donations we plan on getting this down to 1%-2%. > > > > Possibly free if we can get some banks onboard. > > > > > It's a way for us as technology people to be able to give back to the > > > > community and help charities run more efficiently. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Steve > > > > > On Jul 5, 1:29 pm, drllau <drlawrence...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > What is new/different about your platform?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > > Australia mailing list. > > > > Guidelines on discussion: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
