Re: [sudo-discuss] Finances and Fundraising

My understanding is that Sudo Room 501(c)3 was reorganized as "Omni Commons" and that the existing bylaws and board from the former "Omni Oakland Commons" were adopted by Sudo Room 501(c)3, and no new entity was created in the process. The names "Omni Commons" or "Omni Oakland Commons" do not come up in tax exempt organization searches, whereas the IRS still shows the EIN and name for Sudo Room as an organization eligible to receive tax deductible charitable contributions. Filing a name change with the IRS from "Sudo Room" to "Omni Commons" for EIN 46-4109670 would clear up the confusion not to mention enabling Omni Commons to show up in searches for public charities. *>>>* such that the new organization is governed by the delegates meeting, *>>>* exactly matching the current Omni organization. And likely change its name *>>>* to something like "Omni 2" *>>>>>>* Also make sure to check Jenny's latest thread: the very latest *>>>* development is that this new "Omni 2" 501(c)3 could receive *both* the $1M *>>>* donation and the $1M loan from our generous benefactor, which would hugely *>>>* simplify things. *>>>>>>* The people currently in the Sudo collective would have no more control *>>>* over the new "Omni 2" than any of the other collectives. They could set up *>>>* a new nonprofit organization - essentially having "donated" their old *>>>* 501(c)3 to Omni - or they could become a sponsored project of Omni 2. *>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 12:43 PM <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > Correct, there has been a change where sudo room is a project of a > larger entity, not its own legal entity, so that letter of determination is > deprecated. > > On fundraising, I'd love to revisit the idea of fabricating and selling > "sudoino" arduino clones. Jake I agree with your past recommendations RE > using the leonardo chipset now that I've messed with them a bit. Could > have a basic model and a few different variations, seems to be the way > people do it now. I've been paying $10 for the knockoff fullsize ones (3 > for micro w/o headers) and kicking myself that I dropped the ball a few > years ago. > > On 2018-09-04 12:27, robb wrote: > > however it would also be fraud as sudoroom's 501c3 wuz reorganized as > omni commons when we bought the building. since then, sudo haz bin a > fiscally sponsored project of omni commons. > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Autonomous <autonomous666(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Robb, >> >> I attached a copy of the IRS letter of determination showing Sudo Room >> received 501(c)3 exemption in February 2016. This letter would be >> sufficient to obtain public charity listings on guidestar, ebay for >> charity, etc. >> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:46 AM robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> i think we would have to do it through sudomesh or omni as we don't >>> haz our pwn 501c3 >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Autonomous <autonomous666(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> As soon as Sudo Room is listed as a charitable organization on Ebay >>>> for Charity I have several unused items I can sell and donate a percentage >>>> of the proceeds to Sudo Room. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 1:50 AM Marc Juul <marc(a)juul.io> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666(a)gmail.com >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Sudo-room is currently broke. Not taking in enough money to cover >>>>>> expenses nor plan for any future needs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any updates on the latest financial status of Sudo Room? Here's a >>>>>> fundraising idea: >>>>>> >>>>>> I run a 501(c)3 public charity and have been raising funds by >>>>>> receiving donations of physical items and re-selling them on ebay through >>>>>> "ebay for charity". It's enough to cover monthly expenses! I know Sudo >>>>>> receives donations of physical goods on a regular basis - some of which may >>>>>> not be needed. Sudo may also put items up for sale on ebay from time to >>>>>> time, and it is a plus to have "benefits charity" added to the listing. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We could definitely do this. Anyone who's willing to take on some of >>>>> the work involved in acquiring, testing or selling the donations? >>>>> >>>>> We already have a few things we could sell. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> marc/juul >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, >>> then you win*. >>> - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: >>> The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended >>> solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged >>> information and may be legally protected from disclosure. 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