4 Sep
2018
4 Sep
'18
2:39 p.m.
Omni's EIN (attached)
which actually does say Sudo Room :)
In-kind donation receipt (attached) for tangible donations totaling >$250
And we generate donor acknowledgement letters at the end of the year via
Quickbooks, though can create a more personalized letter for large
donations or upon request.
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Jenny
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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
Thanks Jenny,
So what documentation should we use to accept donations on behalf of
Sudoroom?
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Jenny Ryan wrote:
percentage
It was amended in our 2016 federal tax return:
https://omnicommons.org/mediawiki/images/7/7a/OC_2016_990.pdf (Part B at
top left),
and according to Jesse that suffices. the IRS also states this:
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/change-o…
we also filed the changes with the Secretary of
State:
https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/
both OOC and OC are listed on Guidestar.
<3
Jenny
Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining
it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:08 PM robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> i'll ping omni's finance working group about the name change matter
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>>>> * The current idea is to essentially use the "shell" of the
501(c)3*
>>
>>>>> * organization that the Sudo folks set up, but change its bylaws
and board
>> *>>>* 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
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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