Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

FreeBSD Foundation Needs Cash For 501(c)3 Status

Posted by timothy on from the cash-in-the-form-of-donations-that-is dept.

ashpool7 writes "In an *extremely* late announcement, the FreeBSD foundation has posted in their quarterly newsletter that they're $30,400 short on donations in order to prove that they're a non-profit charity (501(c)3 as they say). If your organization relies upon FreeBSD, it might be a good idea to see if you can scrounge up the $8,000 maximum donation."

1 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Um... by crbowman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually if you read what the foundation wrote, you will see that they did so well in large donations that they would loose their charity status which they want to keep. So they are asking for lots of smaller donations.

    PS: if I read the ballance sheet right they have about $200K in the bank. Hardly poorly managed