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So just hoping the unlicensed companies putting out donation boxes without further maintenance don't attract any donations because the lack the license?


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Not according to the licenses of those projects. They’re not a charity.

Them being a charity isn't an automatic license to use anything on the internet?

How can you be sure that the non profits who distribute Krispy Kreme Donuts in the same unsealed boxes that sell them as fundraisers with Krispy Kreme’s blessings aren’t selling unadulterated products?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Fundraising_KKD/2015KKCIFUNDRAISING...


Charities, even small charities, have lots of money. They can handle small license fees. They want to comply with the law/regulations/licenses just like any other business.

Why don't they license their name to other entities, essentially allow approved clones? Muddying your non-profit goal by operating a for-profit, publicly-traded company seems suboptimal.

Helping a for-profit company avoid paying licensing fees hardly qualifies as pro bono work.

It is a basic tenant of society not to cross the line and just give money or support to a project that is basically owned by a company, we have other structures for this that don't result in some company being able to launder donations into profit and a commercial asset.

We don't really have the legal system to prevent the problems that inevitably arise like commercial buyouts or stock holders demanding a company behave as the for-profit it is.


> My understanding is that they're registered as a charitable organization, not a non-profit.

That's impossible in the US; “charitable organizations”—501(c)(3)—are a subset of nonprofits—501(c).


Btw, which jurisdiction forbids for-profits from accepting donations anyway?

So it's not legal for a for-profit organization to donate to charity?

I don't think you can "donate" to a for-profit private business without paying taxes...

It's a business not a charity. Did the company not pay them for their work already?

They're not a charity, but they can easily be wrong. Companies go out of business all the time.

If it were a government or non profit I'd be annoyed.

But for a private company they can waste money as they wish :)


That's the problem here though: this for-profit business is upset that they aren't allowed to operate under the rules that non-profits do.

They're a for-profit company.

Worth reading - thanks for sharing.

Arguably a non-profit (unless it was selling stuff from the site, which is unlikely) would be exempt from their list of prohibitions.


Donations would also work, but being a publicly-traded for-profit company sort of precludes that, practically.

It's a non profit. It runs on donations. There is no "monetization model"
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