[pm-h] YAPC -- Houston?
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej at anomaly.org
Wed May 24 05:07:08 PDT 2006
On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:31:16 -0500
"Christopher D. Lewis" <Lewis at Alumni.Duke.edu> wrote:
[snip]
> I don't know if it helps to organize YAPC events through a nonprofit
> organization, but if it would help the tax position of donors/
> sponsors or would improve the credibility of the project (or future
> projects) I can give some help setting up an organization and
> obtaining recognition as a tax exempt organization. I'd guess an
> educational purpose might suit a local Perl organization.
Thanks for the offer, Chris. But, as I understand it, The Perl Foundation
provides 501.3c status for the conference. They also handle a bank account for
registration funds and such to go through the non-profit. I don't understand
the details myself, but having access to someone who does would be a major
comfort.
> Among the shoestring charities I've helped in this way is the Houston
> Underwater Hockey Trust, which has been listed in IRS Pub. 78 for
> some time now. My code might not be much to look at, but my law
> license still works :-)
Sounds like a useful thing to have.<grin/>
> Let me know if there's interest. I'd need to know who to contact
> about matters of internal organization; and it might be useful for
> some thinking to be done along those lines anyway as this is being
> set up. Benefits of tax exempt status include organizational ability
> to buy sales-tax free; property ownership without county property
> taxes; and the ability to be cash positive on YAPC::Houston without
> giving anybody a nasty federal income tax bill.
If it looks like we can put together a proposal, it might be helpful if you
could talk with the appropriate people with TPF to make sure we've got all our
bases covered in that area.
G. Wade
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