[Grassroots-l] Regarding local grassroots organizations

[Seth Woodworth]

AFAIK most groups have not yet organized as a NP with the IRS.  It all
depends on what level of work the group is doing; if it's
spreading-the-word/recruiting volunteers, or if it is a Users-Group they may
not need one.

If a group is rolling out a deployment at a large scale I am sure that it
would become a necessity to do so. Even though that requires a lot of
overhead when it comes to paperwork and accounting.

In my grassroots efforts back in Washington state and with the excellent
SeaXO group, it wasn't necessary to have a formal structure.  But I never
got very far in my work there.

I would love to hear other group's experience.

Seth

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Jason Hoekstra <jasonhoekstra at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm curious for those involved in grassroots organizations, if any have
> been setup as IRS registered 501(c)3 non-profit groups?  If so, I would
> assume the organizations take donations in order to fund projects and
> equipment.  If a group on list has gone through the process, I'd be really
> interested in hearing about the experiences.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason Hoekstra
> OLPC Atlanta
>
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