Re: GNOME Foundation 501(c)3 status

[Karen Sandler <karen gnome org>]

On 2015-05-27 13:33, josh joshtriplett org wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 05:32:27PM +0100, Magdalen Berns wrote:
> With that said, at the moment we are technically “delinquent" so we 
> have
> lost our tax exempt status for not submitting required 990 forms.[4,5]
> Assuming that has been a mistake and that we do actually want to 
> benefit
> from 501(c)(3) status, then I think we would be obliged to sort all 
> that
> out and just stick to the original mission of the GNOME Foundation 
> which
> essentially allows us to continue to do things like produce useful free
> software and educate people all about it.

> I've seen this mentioned previously on this list as well, and I'm
> curious how that happened.
>
> I would also suggest that this should be the top priority issue for the
> GNOME Foundation to fix.  Is the current Board already working to fix
> this?

A quick search shows GNOME is still listed on the IRS website as being 
in good standing:

http://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/pub78Search.do?ein1=&names=GNOME&city=&state=All...&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchCharities&submitName=Search

(actually I think you'll need to redo your own search)

and in CA I see we are listed as "active"

http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/

We were "delinquent"  with CA a few years ago when I started as ED I 
believe but we straightened that out.

Rosanna should check on our current filing status but often our 
accountants file extensions on the 990s.

karen