[TriLUG] TriLUG non-profit status?

[Samir Faci via TriLUG]

Also, these:

https://www.spi-inc.org/ (I went through the process with them to get
approved but ended up going with OpenCollective at the time)
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Unvetted

https://sfconservancy.org/

The main thing I loved about OpenCollective is that even the finances are
open for everyone to see how the funds are being allocated. Who is
contributing, and so on.




On Sun, Oct 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM Samir Faci <csgeek3674 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you considered looking at a fiscal host like an open collective? Some
> of them are nonprofit and can give you the benefits without all the
> headaches.
>
> They basically take a % cut of donations, have the 501C status, do all the
> taxes etc. You don't get all the benefits you would if you manage your own
> but you also don't need to deal with all the headaches. They take care of
> taxes, expense reimbursement, etc.
>
> There's a bunch of "collectives" you can browse and find the one that
> matches your interests/trust you have. For example:
> https://oficonsortium.org/
>
> --
> Samir Faci
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 17:21 Maryam Abkar via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> once upon a time TriLUG was registered as a non-profit, if anyone knows
>> the
>> details of who registered us as such, whether that's still active/if we
>> are
>> able to cheaply reactivate it, please let us know!
>>
>> -Maryam A.
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