<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>The group of volunteers would be a separate group from Noisebridge members, just borrowing space for a meeting?<br><br></div>I would probably try to work out a formal policy before hand that basically says this is ok/not ok and that it is the same to any political group that comes knocking (and ensure you would charge the same fee).<br><br></div>Only thing that I found that appears to directly cover this:<br><a href="https://www.mcguirewoods.com/news-resources/publications/taxation/primer_avoid_pitsfalls_tax_doc.pdf">https://www.mcguirewoods.com/news-resources/publications/taxation/primer_avoid_pitsfalls_tax_doc.pdf</a><br>Page 6, E. 1:<br>E. Release of Staff to Work on Political Campaigns and Provide Office and Other Services<br>1.General rule — staff members can work on their own time and not act in any official capacity re<br>presenting the charity. The charity cannot, without reimbursement, provide office space, clerical support, supplies, etc. to political candidate or party.<br><br></div><div>Also everything I saw indicates you should charge some kind of fee and it should be the same fee across all groups.<br></div><div><br>Some of the materials I was reading:<br><a href="http://bolderadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sample_501c3_Policy_for_Election_Season.pdf">http://bolderadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sample_501c3_Policy_for_Election_Season.pdf</a><br><a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/501c3_polcampfaqs.pdf">www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/501c3_polcampfaqs.pdf</a><br><a href="http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202">http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>-ITG (ITechGeek)<br>ITG@ITechGeek.Com<br><a href="https://itg.nu/" target="_blank">https://itg.nu/</a><br>GPG Keys: <a href="https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key" target="_blank">https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key</a><br>Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A<br>Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: <a href="http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net" target="_blank">http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net</a><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, girlgeek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:girlgeek@live.com" target="_blank">girlgeek@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A small group of volunteers for Bernie Sanders would like to meet in Church or Turing when it is not otherwise in use.   Does anyone know, is there anything in our 501c3 rules (or other rules) that applies for political campaigns?  We wouldn't be doing any fundraising.<br>
Just figuring out what we are doing among volunteers.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Claudia<br>
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