[hackerspaces] Time to process US 501(3)c application?

[miloh]

Another datapoint,

Many hackerspaces (and list members here) don't necessarily know what 501c3
is -- they are international hackerspaces that may organize as various
types of NGOs in the country they are based in.

There are features about international hackspaces that USA based spaces can
learn about here & now, like how Florencia organizes the hackerspace she
works with in Chile or what an Engetragener Verein (e. V.) is and why it's
so popular in Germany.

I would love to see how the legal framework differs around the globe, and
find out how to draw anything good from one place to the other for
inclusion/addition to the legal frameworks we try to exploit for spaces in
various regions of the USA.

regards,

-r. miloh alexander
SF bay area hackerspaces









On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Edward L Platt <ed at elplatt.com> wrote:

> One more datapoint.  i3 Detroit applied at the end of October 2011.  We
> were approved 2 months later in Dec 2011, but never got our approval
> letter.  We called to check in March 2012 and they sent another one.  The
> IRS didn't need us to revise anything and you can find our app on our wiki:
> i3detroit.org/wi
>
> -Ed
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the data points, guys. I think we're going to need to review
>> our interim strategy and plans.
>>
>> -- Shirley
>> Red Mountain Makers
>> Birmingham, AL
>>
>> On Mar 18, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Randall G. Arnold <
>> randall.arnold at texrat.net> wrote:
>>
>>  You guys have convinced me to quit complaining about our experience.
>>  Randy
>>  Tarrant Makers
>>
>>
>> On March 18, 2014 at 12:17 PM Red Davies <noiddicle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  We waited almost two years.  We kept bouncing in and out of the "looks
>> good" and the "needs review" piles.
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com>wrote:
>>
>>  Ace Monster Toys waited somewhere between 10 months to a year from
>> submission to approval. The IRS has a huge backlog of things.
>>
>> From:  Bill Shaw toppsoft at gmail.com
>> Reply:  Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>> discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>> Date:  March 18, 2014 at 4:50:07 AM
>> To:  discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>> Subject:  Re: [hackerspaces] Time to process US 501(3)c application?
>>
>>   We sent our application in for Tampa Hackerspace at the end of
>> December. The last week of February, we received a letter acknowledging
>> receipt. The letter said that it would take either three or six months to
>> process depending on if anything in the application was flagged. There was
>> no indication which path we were selected for.
>>
>> It did say that after six months, if we've heard nothing, we would be
>> welcome to call to follow up.
>>
>> So, if the letter is true, elapsed times of 5-8 months are not unheard
>> of. The couple of applications I reviewed as part of our submission were
>> actually done in about three months so there is hope.
>>
>>  Bill
>>
>>  --
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>> http://makehacklearn.org
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