[dagw]

Donating company money is really hard, especially if you're just some manager of some department, and double so if it's not to a registered charity. Much easier to actually buy something like a support contract or a license where you get a purchase order and a receipt from a registered organization. People at companies simply cannot just give company money to random people with paypal accounts even if they think it's the right thing do to.

[coldtea]

>Donating company money is really hard, especially if you're just some manager of some department, and double so if it's not to a registered charity.

Maybe the open source communities should register as charities then? They do charitable work after all...

[numfocusfnd]

This is the function of the fiscal sponsorship program at NumFOCUS. All fiscally sponsored projects basically come under the umbrella of NumFOCUS' nonprofit status, so that the projects can receive tax-deductible contributions, etc.