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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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM Jake <jake@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:

> 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-of-name-exempt-organizations
> 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@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@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@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@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@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@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@juul.io> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666@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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