[sudo-discuss] Finances and Fundraising

Jenny Ryan tunabananas at gmail.com
Tue Sep 4 14:39:03 PDT 2018 

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.

<3
Jenny

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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM Jake <jake at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at juul.io> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Autonomous <
> autonomous666 at 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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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>> then you win*.
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> *First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
> then
> >> you win*.
> >> - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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