From cowan@ccil.org Thu Sep 07 06:06:25 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:06:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mercury.ccil.org ([192.190.237.100]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GLJaA-0006wg-DQ for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:06:16 -0700 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1GLJa6-0004cF-7f for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:06:10 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:06:10 -0400 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Monetary help requested. Message-ID: <20060907130610.GB14450@ccil.org> References: <20060831231043.GP6721@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <44F7F80B.8050800@lojban.org> <20060906230155.GW29824@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <45000935.1060005@lojban.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45000935.1060005@lojban.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: John Cowan X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 287 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@ccil.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Bob LeChevalier scripsit: > Have no fear. +1 > >Specifically, I believe, with little or no actual evidence, that it > >is illegal to deduct a donation ear-marked for a particular purpose. > > It is perfectly legal for LLG to set up donation funds for specific > purposes which are consistent with our charter, and which do not violate > 501(c)(3) terms. My alma mater is regularly calling me seeking > donations to this or that building fund, or scholarship fund, where they > state what buildings are to be built from the former, or what types of > people will get the latter. A donation to such a fund is tax deductible > (in the US) assuming that it would tax deductible in general. +1 -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan Heckler: "Go on, Al, tell 'em all you know. It won't take long." Al Smith: "I'll tell 'em all we *both* know. It won't take any longer."