693302 – AmazonSmile: enroll as a charitable organization

Bug 693302 - AmazonSmile: enroll as a charitable organization

Summary: AmazonSmile: enroll as a charitable organization

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Foundation
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Proposals (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Board of Trustees

URL:	https://org.amazon.com/
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Reported:	2019-09-02 00:58 UTC by Andrey
Modified:	2019-10-09 20:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Andrey 2019-09-02 00:58:38 UTC

People can donate to numerous organizations through AmazonSmile.
(0.5% of each purchase -- not much, but all the time)
However, there's currently no way to donate to Gentoo Foundation via AmazonSmile.

It would be really nice if Gentoo Foundation enrolls into AmazonSmile as a charitable organization.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2019-09-02 06:53:56 UTC

Read the fine print of AmazonSmile:
- Organizations must be registered and in good standing with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) to be eligible to participate. ... Organizations must be public charitable organizations (not private foundations) and may not be supporting organizations, unless identified specifically as a Type I, Type II, or functionally integrated Type III supporting organization ... 
- https://org.amazon.com/agreement/ref=org_sls_rlp_cpa


The Foundation is nominally a 501(c)(6) with ongoing filing requirements to the IRS, which does meet the requirement of being a 501(c)(3) entity.

Comment 2 Andrey 2019-09-02 14:41:44 UTC

Ouch, ok.
Anyway, thanks for taking a look!