I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors

Re:I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors by claudeganon on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:34PM (#23616312)

The US has a lot of charity scams and dubious NPOs collecting cash. There’s news about fraudulent GoFundMe’s pretty regularly, for example.

Finland is probably too far the opposite direction, but the whole sector could use a lot more scrutiny over here.

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Re:I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors by wnevets on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @02:13PM (#23617923)

It seems like a lot of charities in the US are just a way for the wealthy to avoid paying taxes or for the founders to become wealthy

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Re:I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors by claudeganon on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:15PM (#23618802)

Yes, it’s not uncommon to have do-nothing NPOs that associate themselves with a noble cause and then spend most of their funds on one or two people’s salaries and perks. This is why apps like Guidestar and Charity Navigator were invented.

The IRS doesn’t seem to give these orgs much scrutiny unless they’re egregiously bad or become a big news story.

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Re:I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors by wnevets on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:26PM (#23619771)

The IRS has been co-opted by the very wealthy. The IRS spends way more resources auditing the very poor than the very wealthy

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