[HOT] HOT is Now Tax Exempt in the US

[Kathleen Danielson]

So proud of you all. Great work!
On Feb 28, 2013 9:18 PM, "Banick, Robert" <Robert.Banick at redcross.org>
wrote:

>   Indeed, fantastic news!
>
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>   From: Heather Leson <heatherleson at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:27 PM
> To: "kate at maploser.com" <kate at maploser.com>
> Cc: "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT is Now Tax Exempt in the US
>
>   Amazing!
>
> I can't wait to see this support grow.
>
> Heather
> On Feb 28, 2013 8:01 PM, "Kate Chapman" <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We received some very good news today. HOT received notification from
>> the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States that we have
>> been approved and are now a 501(c)(3). 501(c)(3) status is a tax
>> exempt status in the United States. We had applied back in November
>> with the assistance of a lawyer to obtain this status. This was one of
>> the goals from the strategic planning process carried out by the board
>> last year.
>>
>> This status makes us exempt from federal taxes in the United States.
>> There are also additional benefits. People and organizations that
>> donate to us now are able to deduct their donations from their own
>> taxes as well. This makes us eligible for a variety of corporate
>> donation programs we were not previously. There are also fondations
>> that require organizations to have this status to apply for grants as
>> well.
>>
>> So this may seem like a bureaucratic, administrative thing (which it
>> is), but also it i will give us more resources to continue to do all
>> the work that we are currently doing and more!!
>>
>> Thank you everyone for volunteering with us, without your help we
>> wouldn't have a purpose and there wouldn't be much point in applying
>> for things like this.
>>
>> For those more interested in the status the Wikipedia article has some
>> more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Kate
>>
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