[GNC] How are donations to the GnuCash project distributed?

[John Ralls]

Donations go into a bank account and are occasionally--as in once every few years--used for things like server hardware. We have a consultive process in the core group for deciding when and on what to spend money. It is transparent to the core group but not to anyone else.

There's no legal entity behind GnuCash, so there is no tax deduction available.

There are far better destinations for your philanthropy, especially this year. Consider a local food bank or housing-access group.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Dec 20, 2020, at 3:52 PM, Arman Schwarz <armanschwarz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> First up, apologies if this is the wrong place to send this. I looked
> through the mailing lists page on the gnucash website and couldn't find any
> mailing lists that seem to fit this question so I'm asking it here.
> 
> I'd like to set up regular donations to the GnuCash project (because I use
> the software a lot and don't have time to contribute in any other way), but
> I'd like some clarity on a few points, the answers to which I couldn't find
> on the site:
> 
> Where do the funds go? Ie. how are they split between transaction/admin
> fees, server costs, and to the volunteers?
> 
> How is the decision to distribute the funds made? Ie. what's the process
> for deciding who gets what? Is it transparent?
> 
> Is there any region in which GnuCash has charity status?
> 
> Thanks
> Arman
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