From 2c255694d6ec02d69e5ab07d627637e78941a0be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lucas Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:16:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor rewrite based upon experiences to date with donations@: - discuss "tax credit overhead" and why not every donation gets a credit. - common offers to donations@ can be answered with a URL listing info we need. A few minor language cleanups while I'm here. --- en/donations/index.sgml | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/donations/index.sgml b/en/donations/index.sgml index 5486ecbab4..dabf1d9e05 100644 --- a/en/donations/index.sgml +++ b/en/donations/index.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + %includes; @@ -81,29 +81,40 @@

The FreeBSD Foundation can act as a charitable organization for tax purposes. If you live in the United States, your donation - can be deducted from your taxes. If you want a receipt for tax - purposes your contribution, please let us know when you send - information on your donation.

+ can be deducted from your taxes under certain conditions. If + you want a receipt for tax purposes your contribution, please + let us know when you send information on your donation.

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A tax credit is not as easy as it might seem. Deductible + contributions must be shipped to the FreeBSD Foundation. There, + a Foundation volunteer must process the donation and ship it to + the actual recipient. The Foundation must also be able to + demonstrate that the donation is in the public good. All + of this together means that while we probably have developers + who would be interested in that big box of ISA cards in your + closet, you probably cannot get a tax credit for them; the total + work needed to process, ship, and document them far exceeds + their total value.

The FreeBSD Foundation will provide a receipt for delivery of equipment. They will not, however, provide a fair-market - valuation of the equipment -- in fact, they are forbidden to do - so by law. We recommend checking elsewhere for valuations of + valuation of the equipment -- in fact, the law forbids them to + do so. We recommend checking elsewhere for valuations of hardware donations. Since many of our donations are obsolete, making fair market value hard to judge, we suggest searching on Ebay or other used equipment sites for prices paid for similar equipment.

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Donation Types

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How to Donate

Part of the goal of the Donations Liason Office is to match - donations with developers who can use them. This means that we - don't accept just any donation; we only handle those that have - an interested recipient. This saves time all around, and also - helps assure donors that what their contributions are actually - supporting the FreeBSD Project. The down side of this process - is that we need some information about your donation before - accepting it.

+ donations with developers who can use them. We don't accept + just any donation; we only handle those that have a home with a + developer who can use them to improve FreeBSD. This saves time + all around, and also helps assure donors that what their + contributions are actually supporting the FreeBSD Project. The + down side is that we need some information about your donation + before accepting it.

Donations generally fall into three categories:

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Complete Computer Systems

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The FreeBSD Project is always in need of computers. If you - want to donate a new computer, please contact us with the - specifications. We are also happy to accept donations of used - systems that can be used by a developer. If you have a computer - that you would like to donate to the Project, please contact us - with the following information:

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The FreeBSD Project always needs computers. If you have a + computer that you would like to donate to the Project, please + contact us with the following information:

Computer Components

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If we're going to support a type of hardware, we need that - hardware. If you have a piece of hardware that you would like - to donate to the Project, please contact us with the following - information:

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If you have hardware that you would like to donate to the + Project, please contact us with the following information:

What we Do with this Information

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