Re: [PLUG] The Next Step? -- was Community Service Project (Devil's advo

"Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com> · 2003年7月13日 14:11:08 +0000

Paul wrote:
Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
Stories of kids would work well, but PLUG, Jr. will be a great 
selling point. Donors, like the Pew Trusts, want to see a viable 
plan (open source) and a long term committment from us (PLUG, Jr.), 
before they chip in.
A presentation has to balance the hard facts (we know what we are 
undertaking) with the warm and fuzzy (why these kids deserve it), and 
it helps to show that the corporate community will benefit from 
better prepared future employees.

Better future employees and/or less criminals? 

Either would be a good thing, both would be a better thing . . . and 
most importantly, *for everyone*.

As Magnus pointed out, becoming an official non-profit organization 
might be important. That sounds like a lot of effort to go through 
for one LUG. Since other LUGs seem to come up with similarly great 
ideas, what if a multi-LUG non-profit were formed? 

It depends on how you structure it, and the donors will let you know 
what they need. Basically, if they are giving cash or property 
directly, they will want to give it to an IRS 501(c) non-profit. If 
they have their own foundation to distribute the computers to the 
families, it won't be necessary. If they fund PLUG, Jr., it will have 
to be a non-profit. So, anything they give to an entity to distribute 
to the individual beneficiaries, that entity has to qualify. If they 
use an existing entity, and we (PLUG) does not act as a go-between, just 
in a consulting and co-donating capacity, we don't have to be a 
qualifying entity. Maintaining 501(c) statuscan be a job in itself, so 
it is to be avoided if possible.

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