From 9050ddc7d6a8b0a813788f78f2d9a872afcd215f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:41:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update on 10% donation requirement for Conservancy membership. --- .../static/members/apply/index.html | 29 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/www/conservancy/static/members/apply/index.html b/www/conservancy/static/members/apply/index.html index e85715f3..a90c5bea 100644 --- a/www/conservancy/static/members/apply/index.html +++ b/www/conservancy/static/members/apply/index.html @@ -212,15 +212,24 @@ form their own independent tax-exempt non-profit.

How much does it cost us financially to join Conservancy?

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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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