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.
+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 Conservancy's + annual filings.)
+ +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.
+ +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.
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