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<a href="https://www.numfocus.org/information-fiscal-sponsorship" class="">https://www.numfocus.org/information-fiscal-sponsorship</a><br class="">
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<div>Reading the entry page, this paragraph seems most relevant:</div>
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What is a Fiscally Sponsored Project?</h1>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 700; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">Fiscally Sponsored Projects are open source projects that enter into a specific contractual
and legal relationship with NumFOCUS.</span> The agreement confers the project with all the benefits of NumFOCUS’s nonprofit status as a 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States, which enables collection of tax-deductible contributions and confers eligibility
for grant funds restricted to qualified nonprofit organizations. NumFOCUS ensures that all funds directed to Fiscally Sponsored Projects will further our nonprofit mission and be used for tax-exempt purposes. In exchange, NumFOCUS takes a small percentage
of any funds directed to the project to cover costs associated with handling all taxes, financials, and legal matters for the project.</div>
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<div>This seems to be saying that they will </div>
<div> • help attract sponsorship</div>
<div>not that they will provide it themselves.</div>
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<div>TUG already has 501(c)(3) status, yes?</div>
<div>So we can do most of this ourselves, right? (If we have appropriate expertise.)</div>
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<div>On the other hand “eligibility for grant funds” would need to be explored;</div>
<div>as surely TUG is a qualified non-profit organization – but my University would not be.</div>
<div>That sounds like maybe they might already have some pot available; but we would </div>
<div>need our project to attract more, to keep such a pot intact for other projects.</div>
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I'm not sure if the PDF accessibility work for TeX exactly fits in their<br class="">
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<div>Thanks for the pointer.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Ross</div>
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