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Online Fund Raising

 There are several resources on the net about this subject.

General:

  * Internet Nonprofit Center:
    http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/misc/990804olfr.html

  * Foundation Center:
    http://fdncenter.org/learn/faqs/online_fundraising.html

Articles and FAQs:

  * How Can We Use the Internet for Fundraising ?:
    http://www.nonprofits.org/misc/981027em.html

  * How Can the Internet Help with Fundraising ?
    http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/18/54.html

  * Can we use a commercial online service to seek donations ?
    http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/16/21.html

Payment Services:

  * Net Action Article:
    http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes53.html

  * Pay Pal:
    http://www.paypal.com/

  * ShareIT:
    http://www.shareit.com/

  * Amazon:
    http://www.amazon.com/

Fund Raising Services:

  * Net Action Article:
    http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes53.html

  * YAS:
    http://donate.yetanother.org/

  * Network for Good (they pay up for the credit card transaction charges):
    http://www.networkforgood.org/

  * Affero
    http://www.affero.com/

 There is a problem with using fund raising services since the IRS puts lots of restrictions on these and requires a lot of extra reporting from both sides.

Mailing Lists:

  * Online Fundraising Mailing List:
    http://www.gilbert.org/fundraising

Notes:

  * The PSF is a Delaware corporation based on Virginia, USA.

  * Donations can usually be deducted as a business expense by consultants and businesses using Python.

  * The PSF has applied for US 501(c)3 charity status (not yet accepted) primarily to facilitate IP transfers, but this will also allow non-business donors in the US to deduct donations as charitable contributions.

  * For European donors to be able to deduct donations as charitable contributions, the PSF would have to create a branch in each European country (although there is an EU effort to centralize this).  A similar situation probably exists in other countries as well.