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Update on 10% donation requirement for Conservancy membership.

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Bradley M. Kuhn 2012-09-03 16:41:20 -04:00
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@ -212,15 +212,24 @@ form their own independent tax-exempt non-profit.</p>
<h2>How much does it cost us financially to join Conservancy?</h2>
<p>After your application is approved, as part of the negotiation of the
formal agreement, we'll discuss this issue. Typically, we ask that
member projects voluntarily choose to donate some percentage of their
donations received to support Conservancy's general operations servicing
all its member projects (including yours). We do understand that,
particularly for small projects that only receive a few small donations,
that donating a percentage of your income back to Conservancy can be a
high burden. Therefore, this is not a mandatory requirement. We thus
suggest that you be prepared to discuss this issue with us in detail
after your application is approved.</p>
<p>New Conservancy members are required to pay 10% of their revenue that
Conservancy processes to Conservancy's general fund, which primarily is
used to pay staff. (Details on how Conservancy spends its funds,
including salaries of key employees, can be found
in <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/about/filings/">Conservancy's
annual filings</a>.)</p>
<p>Historically, Conservancy allowed projects to give less or nothing at
all to the general fund, but we unfortunately discovered that without
this requirement, Conservancy was not able to offer the myriad of
services to all its projects, particularly to larger projects that
have more income and therefore need more attention from staff.</p>
<p>We do understand that, particularly for small projects that only
receive a few small donations, that donating a percentage of your income
back to Conservancy can be a high burden. Therefore, Conservancy
remains open to discussion on a case-by-case basis for smaller projects
about how to handle this requirement, and applicants should feel free to
raise any concerns about this issue during the application process.</p>
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