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Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x19
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Bradley and Karen discuss the USA IRS Form
990, which non-profit donors can use to understand and check up on
the activities of charitable organizations in the USA.
Running time: 00:49:26.
Show Notes
Segment 0 (00:34)
●We have confirmed that John Sullivan does not have
H1N1. (01:58)
●Bradley mentioned that on the 2008-06-21
episodeofNPR's Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me covered the salacious
issues regarding former Broadcom executives. (06:35)
●Bradley mentioned GuideStar, which is a place you
can find Form 990s at no charge for non-profits in the USA. Bradley
noted that you have to sign up for an account to use their search, but
the 990 downloads are at no charge. (10:15)
Segment 1 (12:24)
●Bradley mentioned the SNL skits that
make fun of Clear Channel morning radio shows and their …And
We're back!
catchphrase. (12:52)
●Bradley further noted that a
Family Guy episode included a similar gag. (13:05)
●Listeners may want to follow along on Conservancy's
FY 2008 Form 900 (PDF). (14:26)
●Bradley mentioned that the Boost
Project, a member project of Conservancy, has has an annual
conference, the revenue from which appears on Line 2 of the
Conservancy's Form 990. (21:23)
●Karen mentioned Form 990 Line 3 is usually large for 501(c)(6)
organizations, since most of their funds come from membership fees
(23:30)
●Bradley mentioned that the Twisted project had work funded that was
blogged about publicly. Here's an
example of that from February 2009. (32:30)
●Bradley mentioned he was previously the Clerk of the Free Software
Foundation, which can be confirmed by looking at the Annual Report
Commonwealth of Massachusetts filings for FSF in 2003 and 2004.
(35:19)
Segment 2 (43:38)
●Organizations have to file a form with the State or Commonwealth
where the organization is incorporated. (43:55)
●New York has more requirements than many states and
commonwealths. New York organizations often need a limited review or
an audit by an accounting firm.
Conservancy made its New York State
FY 2008CHAR-500 (PDF) available as well (44:32)
●Bradley uses jwiegley's program,
Ledger to keep Conservancy's books. (44:55)
●Bradley mentioned you can get annual reports for Massachusetts
non-profits at the Massachusetts Secretary of
State website. (46:30)
●Bradley mentioned the discussion
we had with Stormy Peters about giving
more to
non-profits that support FLOSS. (47:50)
Tags:
bkuhn, karen, conservancy, non-profits
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