[Noisebridge-discuss] Fundraiser Proposal

[David Molnar]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen.r.jarvis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool.. I'd like to see some discussion involving non-profit status and
> anyone's feeling on auctioning off equipment that people donated to
> noisebridge. For example, what if we auctioned one of the many touch screen
> machines that are plopped in the church classroom? Or, what about a large
> bulky rack? Or rack machines?
> I want to get a sense of how much consensus there will be as it will raise
> us money, clear out stuff that is accumulating, and get a sense of what is
> junk to be recycled and what should be kept for hacking purposes

This has some advice around how an auction impacts the form 990 filed
with the IRS. They implicitly assume however that all items were
donated with the express purpose of being auctioned for the 501c3.
http://www.nonprofitsassistancefund.org/pages/FMN_specialevents