I think that this looks like a very good way for the Pd community to
incorporate and get tax-free status:
http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/
"The mission of the Conservancy is to provide free and open source
software developers with all of the benefits of being a tax-exempt
corporate entity without having to do any of the work of setting up
and maintaining such an entity," said Dan Ravicher, legal director
for the Software Freedom Law Center and one of the initial directors
of the Conservancy. "Letting projects pass off the mundane
administrative burdens placed on those wishing to benefit from
nonprofit status is a significant way to keep developers focused on
what they do best - writing software."
The Software Freedom Conservancy (conservancy.softwarefreedom.org)
will be a fiscal sponsor for FOSS projects by providing free
financial and administrative services to its members. It will provide
individual developers protection from personal liability for their
projects and will seek to provide participating projects with tax-
exempt status, allowing them to receive tax deductible donations. The
Conservancy will file a single tax return that covers each of the
member's projects and will handle other corporate and tax related
issues on behalf of its members. In addition, the Conservancy can
hold project assets and manage them at the discretion of the project,
which removes another fiscal burden from developers who are focused
on software innovation.
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