Bitcoin 100: Developed Specifically for Non-Profits

[nildram]

Thank Rassah for posting this where it belongs.

I'm glad to see a positive reaction.

The structure that Phinnaeus Gage laid out is pretty well exactly what I had envisioned.

I think approaching Wikipedia with this would be worthwhile.  A seemingly impossible goal like that would really draw attention.

I could say much more, but it's Canadian Thanksgiving, so I'm being neglectful right now.

Cheers,
Nildram

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Thank Rassah for posting this where it belongs.

I'm glad to see a positive reaction.

The structure that Phinnaeus Gage laid out is pretty well exactly what I had envisioned.

I think approaching Wikipedia with this would be worthwhile.  A seemingly impossible goal like that would really draw attention.

I could say much more, but it's Canadian Thanksgiving, so I'm being neglectful right now.

Cheers,
Nildram

Albeit Macy's a tad bigger, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3CaeVARFk

[nildram]

I'm back.

1. I think a good working title would be: "Operation donate so goddamn much that they cave and begin accepting bitcoin". That may or may not be used publicly depending on the charity.

2. I'm pretty set on doing this for a charity that has some amount of name recognition. Bitcoin users will see the benefit of getting wikipedia to accept bitcoin donations as much more significant than that of getting the Crohn's and Collitis foundation. Go big or go home, ya know?

Are there any fence sitting charities that you know of, who might be into this?

[Rassah]

Hey guys. So, our stash is up to $30k now (yay). Of the 5 charities I was personally introduced to, one is still working on it (I guess?) and the other one, after staying quiet for weeks, just wrote me an email saying they are very enthusiastic about getting the donation, and asking what more they have to do (accepting bitcoin would be a good start  ). So... I guess keep soliciting? I swear, I'll never be rid of this damn stash of cash  

Anyway, just got a PM on the topic

Hello,

My name is Nikos Bentenitis and last Saturday I heard Jason King talk in the Bitcoin mini symposium here in Austin. He mentioned Bitcoin100 and although I was familiar with the organization for the first time I put 2+2 together and I realized there is a non-profit in my neighborhood that would greatly benefit from Bitcoin.

The non-profit is Eqsquina Tango, that builds community through dance, see www.EsquinaTangoAustin.com. Monica Caivano, the director of the non-profit, is very interested and wants to start accepting Bitcoins right away...

I was wondering what the procedure for nominating Esquina Tango.

Thank you very much,

Nikos Bentenitis
www.linkedin.com/in/nikosbentenitis
nikos.bentenitis@gmail.com
512-524-7791

To reply to the question here, the procedure is basically to bring it up for discussion. If it's non-religious and non-political in nature, it'll pretty much be accepted. In that case, just get them to add a bitcoin donation option on their website, and let us know when it's ready (I would suggest BitPay or BIPS, depending on where they are and what currency they use).

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Hey guys. So, our stash is up to $30k now (yay). Of the 5 charities I was personally introduced to, one is still working on it (I guess?) and the other one, after staying quiet for weeks, just wrote me an email saying they are very enthusiastic about getting the donation, and asking what more they have to do (accepting bitcoin would be a good start  ). So... I guess keep soliciting? I swear, I'll never be rid of this damn stash of cash  

Anyway, just got a PM on the topic

Hello,

My name is Nikos Bentenitis and last Saturday I heard Jason King talk in the Bitcoin mini symposium here in Austin. He mentioned Bitcoin100 and although I was familiar with the organization for the first time I put 2+2 together and I realized there is a non-profit in my neighborhood that would greatly benefit from Bitcoin.

The non-profit is Eqsquina Tango, that builds community through dance, see www.EsquinaTangoAustin.com. Monica Caivano, the director of the non-profit, is very interested and wants to start accepting Bitcoins right away...

I was wondering what the procedure for nominating Esquina Tango.

Thank you very much,

Nikos Bentenitis
www.linkedin.com/in/nikosbentenitis
nikos.bentenitis@gmail.com
512-524-7791

To reply to the question here, the procedure is basically to bring it up for discussion. If it's non-religious and non-political in nature, it'll pretty much be accepted. In that case, just get them to add a bitcoin donation option on their website, and let us know when it's ready (I would suggest BitPay or BIPS, depending on where they are and what currency they use).

Pretty much concur. All they need is an address of BitPay button (optional) and they'll golden.

[nikostex]

This is Nikos who sent the PM above.

I will set up the non-profit with a wallet and I will get back to you.

Thank you!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

This is Nikos who sent the PM above.

I will set up the non-profit with a wallet and I will get back to you.

Thank you!

If their not going to use BitPay, then make sure that at least a dedicated Bitcoin wallet address is prominently displayed on either their home page or donation page. Ideally, a Bitcoin logo of sorts would be nice and it doesn't have to be clickable unless it's used on their home page and links to their donation page where a donor would be greeted with the other donation options.

[Rassah]

Another request. Can we use an innovative financial instrument to donate to a charity that focuses on innovative finance?

From Vanessa

Our charity is Lend for America (lendforamerica.org). We offer a platform to help college students practice microfinance in the U.S. Students raise small funds to make microloans to disadvantaged business owners in the community next to their university. We've grown from 3 campus MFIs in 2009 to 24 today and we offer several programs to help students including online toolkits, in-person training during site visits, an annual conference, and a year-long fellowship program. We were founded by and still remain within the legal structure of the Intersect Fund Corporation - tax ID #: 36-4636828. The Intersect Fund was founded by students at Rutgers University in 2008 to serve small business owners throughout New Jersey.

Please let me know what other information you may need.

This charity was actually introduced to us by DavidBAL, who found out about us at the Amsterdam conference, and was also at the Atlanta conference.
The first thing I notice, though, is that they don't have a donation page. Hmmm 

[giszmo]

I noticed that these organisations received money, yet there are issues on their pages:
http://www.kenija2012.com/ - gone?
http://antiwar.com/donate/donate.php - has the logo but only offers other payment methods?
https://watsi.org - only has credit card?
http://www.hiphopchessfederation.org/donate.html - ok, there is half the logo visible but searching the term bitcoin doesn't help finding it. Maybe they should be asked to fix that?
https://www.khanacademy.org - requires login to donate? Didn't do that, sorry. Seams weird to have to login for a bitcoin donation.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I noticed that these organisations received money, yet there are issues on their pages:
http://www.kenija2012.com/ - gone?
http://antiwar.com/donate/donate.php - has the logo but only offers other payment methods?
https://watsi.org - only has credit card?
http://www.hiphopchessfederation.org/donate.html - ok, there is half the logo visible but searching the term bitcoin doesn't help finding it. Maybe they should be asked to fix that?
https://www.khanacademy.org - requires login to donate? Didn't do that, sorry. Seams weird to have to login for a bitcoin donation.

Allow me to shed some light all on these concerns.

kenija2012 was part of a larger org. at the time, of which didn't embed a bitcoin donation option.

watsi.org is located here: https://watsi.org/about#get-involved

Anti War is here http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/27/an-alternative-way-to-help-antiwar-com/ and has an active address: 1M87hiTAa49enJKVeT9gzLjYmJoYh9V98

hiphopchessfederation.org's button is only half there but does work, linking to BitPay. I will send them a kind letter to have them fix their HTML.

"Khan Academy also accepts donations via Bitcoin. You need to log in or sign up before donating. That way we can send you a receipt (and something extra)!" This was brought up at the time during the vetting process to accept them/they accept us. The issue is somewhat mute, but overall they do provide a wonderful service, along with a lot of eyeballs view that site.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Another request. Can we use an innovative financial instrument to donate to a charity that focuses on innovative finance?

From Vanessa

Our charity is Lend for America (lendforamerica.org). We offer a platform to help college students practice microfinance in the U.S. Students raise small funds to make microloans to disadvantaged business owners in the community next to their university. We've grown from 3 campus MFIs in 2009 to 24 today and we offer several programs to help students including online toolkits, in-person training during site visits, an annual conference, and a year-long fellowship program. We were founded by and still remain within the legal structure of the Intersect Fund Corporation - tax ID #: 36-4636828. The Intersect Fund was founded by students at Rutgers University in 2008 to serve small business owners throughout New Jersey.

Please let me know what other information you may need.

This charity was actually introduced to us by DavidBAL, who found out about us at the Amsterdam conference, and was also at the Atlanta conference.
The first thing I notice, though, is that they don't have a donation page. Hmmm  

As you've lightly touched upon, The Intersect Fund is the parent entity: http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?k=61s/TEfclYDjhittscQD7ocgaSDf62z48ufwU3MZRuT8G6wTsA2hPFxE3+jhD+/P5UuheAwIp4w=&domain=lendforamerica.org&prog_id=GoDaddy

Domain ID:D163745893-LROR
Domain Name:LENDFORAMERICA.ORG
Created On:31-Oct-2011 17:27:53 UTC
Last Updated On:18-Oct-2013 05:06:42 UTC
Expiration Date:31-Oct-2015 17:27:53 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:3e67c3da2eda2458
Registrant Name:Rohan Mathew
Registrant Organization:The Intersect Fund
Registrant Street1:109 Church Street
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:New Brunswick
Registrant State/Province:NJ
Registrant Postal Code:08901
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.7325583432
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.7325583432
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:rohan.mathew@intersectfund.org

Of which has a donation page: http://intersectfund.org/section/for/11

On a side note, edd should soon be turning in his resignation for defacing my pizza thread.      

[giszmo]

I noticed that these organisations received money, yet there are issues on their pages:
http://www.kenija2012.com/ - gone?
http://antiwar.com/donate/donate.php - has the logo but only offers other payment methods?
https://watsi.org - only has credit card?
http://www.hiphopchessfederation.org/donate.html - ok, there is half the logo visible but searching the term bitcoin doesn't help finding it. Maybe they should be asked to fix that?
https://www.khanacademy.org - requires login to donate? Didn't do that, sorry. Seams weird to have to login for a bitcoin donation.

Allow me to shed some light all on these concerns.

kenija2012 was part of a larger org. at the time, of which didn't embed a bitcoin donation option.

watsi.org is located here: https://watsi.org/about#get-involved

Anti War is here http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/27/an-alternative-way-to-help-antiwar-com/ and has an active address: 1M87hiTAa49enJKVeT9gzLjYmJoYh9V98

hiphopchessfederation.org's button is only half there but does work, linking to BitPay. I will send them a kind letter to have them fix their HTML.

"Khan Academy also accepts donations via Bitcoin. You need to log in or sign up before donating. That way we can send you a receipt (and something extra)!" This was brought up at the time during the vetting process to accept them/they accept us. The issue is somewhat mute, but overall they do provide a wonderful service, along with a lot of eyeballs view that site.

Ok, let me quote B100:

In order to use donated funds in a manner consistent with donor expectations, Bitcoin100 donates the Bitcoin equivalent of $1000 to non-political, secular charities that prominently display an option for supporters to contribute via Bitcoin on their website.

Maybe especially the kenija2012-case should be shed some light on directly on the B100 website as it is not really good advertisement if I tell people to check out B100 as I guess the would check out how others qualified to receive the $1000. It's the top link 
On Watsi: "prominently display"? Also: Coinbase still didn't get the "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" issue straight. WTH? We discussed that like a year ago? Seriously?
Anti War: "prominently display"? So a blog post from over a year ago is "prominent display"? Ok, so a bitcoin enthusiast that wants to force-feed anti-war with his bitcoins will be able to, but that's not the point of B100, sorry.

[chemdog]

This is exciting!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I noticed that these organisations received money, yet there are issues on their pages:
http://www.kenija2012.com/ - gone?
http://antiwar.com/donate/donate.php - has the logo but only offers other payment methods?
https://watsi.org - only has credit card?
http://www.hiphopchessfederation.org/donate.html - ok, there is half the logo visible but searching the term bitcoin doesn't help finding it. Maybe they should be asked to fix that?
https://www.khanacademy.org - requires login to donate? Didn't do that, sorry. Seams weird to have to login for a bitcoin donation.

Allow me to shed some light all on these concerns.

kenija2012 was part of a larger org. at the time, of which didn't embed a bitcoin donation option.

watsi.org is located here: https://watsi.org/about#get-involved

Anti War is here http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/27/an-alternative-way-to-help-antiwar-com/ and has an active address: 1M87hiTAa49enJKVeT9gzLjYmJoYh9V98

hiphopchessfederation.org's button is only half there but does work, linking to BitPay. I will send them a kind letter to have them fix their HTML.

"Khan Academy also accepts donations via Bitcoin. You need to log in or sign up before donating. That way we can send you a receipt (and something extra)!" This was brought up at the time during the vetting process to accept them/they accept us. The issue is somewhat mute, but overall they do provide a wonderful service, along with a lot of eyeballs view that site.

Ok, let me quote B100:

In order to use donated funds in a manner consistent with donor expectations, Bitcoin100 donates the Bitcoin equivalent of $1000 to non-political, secular charities that prominently display an option for supporters to contribute via Bitcoin on their website.

Maybe especially the kenija2012-case should be shed some light on directly on the B100 website as it is not really good advertisement if I tell people to check out B100 as I guess the would check out how others qualified to receive the $1000. It's the top link  
On Watsi: "prominently display"? Also: Coinbase still didn't get the "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" issue straight. WTH? We discussed that like a year ago? Seriously?
Anti War: "prominently display"? So a blog post from over a year ago is "prominent display"? Ok, so a bitcoin enthusiast that wants to force-feed anti-war with his bitcoins will be able to, but that's not the point of B100, sorry.

kenija2012 is the top link because they were the first endowed with 100 BTC and not $1,000, of which equated to about $600 at the time. We were all excited to finally obtain the first site to accept our challenge (for lack of a better word). That site just happened to be short-lived, though the main site acts as a springboard yearly for other groups of doctors to go to Kenya offering up their free services as they finish up their studies at the university.

On Watsi: "prominently display"?: I guess that's the best they can do. We'll try to be more stringent in the future, the same true for Anti War.

Also: Coinbase still didn't get the "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" issue straight. WTH? We discussed that like a year ago? Seriously?

The "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" is in default mode, but when you fill in the box in the line just above it with say 0.2045, the text becomes "Send exactly 0.2045 BTC".

[giszmo]

kenija2012 is the top link because they were the first endowed with 100 BTC and not $1,000, of which equated to about $600 at the time. We were all excited to finally obtain the first site to accept our challenge (for lack of a better word). That site just happened to be short-lived, though the main site acts as a springboard yearly for other groups of doctors to go to Kenya offering up their free services as they finish up their studies at the university.

Hey, don't defend it here. We all know that now. Please put some link to such info on the page as clicking on the first participant and ending up at some "this url is for sale" is confusing and bad for B100's reputation.

The "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" is in default mode, but when you fill in the box in the line just above it with say 0.2045, the text becomes "Send exactly 0.2045 BTC".

Ok now it updates. Yesterday it didn't update. They definitely have a bug there.

[giszmo]

Other question: What would you guys think about Neighborhood councils? I'm particularly interested for those in Chile and there the one I live at. My "junta de vecinos" has a sports room where there is a Teakwon-Do club for children, grannies meet for bingo and crochet and my land lord asked me many times to join her for yoga sessions (with only women, all at least 20 years older than me ) and there is many activities more.

Anyway I know these juntas de vecinos are always short on money and there are quarters where I guess you could do a lot of good with $1000.

I searched a lot for equivalents of "501" in Chile but couldn't find it. "Sin fines de lucro" means "not for profit".

Maybe the fire fighters would qualify, too? I can check out those. They are quite visible, always asking for donations in the street but the fire fighters center is also quite open door.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

kenija2012 is the top link because they were the first endowed with 100 BTC and not $1,000, of which equated to about $600 at the time. We were all excited to finally obtain the first site to accept our challenge (for lack of a better word). That site just happened to be short-lived, though the main site acts as a springboard yearly for other groups of doctors to go to Kenya offering up their free services as they finish up their studies at the university.

Hey, don't defend it here. We all know that now. Please put some link to such info on the page as clicking on the first participant and ending up at some "this url is for sale" is confusing and bad for B100's reputation.

The "Send exactly 1.00 BTC" is in default mode, but when you fill in the box in the line just above it with say 0.2045, the text becomes "Send exactly 0.2045 BTC".

Ok now it updates. Yesterday it didn't update. They definitely have a bug there.

I just realized that both kenija2012.com and .net are gone. Their presense can still be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/kenija2012 and here: http://kenija2012.blogspot.com/

[Phinnaeus Gage]

..digging out this old thread.
It seems like www.kenija2012.net is down, by now?

Registration Service Provider:
Yola, Inc, support@yola.com
Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 18-Jan-2012.
Record expires on 18-Jan-2013.
Record created on 18-Jan-2012.

Probably simply because of "Record expires on 18-Jan-2013"?

Not implying anything is fishy here, but I would like to see this project (and Bitcoin's involvement) not vanish into being completely forgotten..

Ente

I don't know what their plan was with the domain, but since this is over now there is no real reason to keep it anymore. Some information can still be found on their facebook page.

Yes, if anyone has any contact info related to this project I'd appreciate it if you could PM me. I just wanted to follow up to gauge interest in future Africa work.

You can try contacting them at kenija.odprava@gmail.com. I'll let them know.

https://www.facebook.com/OdpravaKenija2012/info doesn't look like https://www.facebook.com/kenija2012

First mention here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=64504.0

By: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=8919

Of which last post was what I quoted above: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84497.msg1571901#msg1571901

Last Active:   August 05, 2013, 05:35:45 AM

That said, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

blockchain explorer.

from the source BTC100 address funds have been syphoned off to a 1Kenya address and then looped through 'empty addresses' (no other trade history) to then reach the end point of

1DwSkYaY3poxAzAiu7ipUqmoTZkq1o57HJ

some direct payments from BTC100 went their too,

so who owns 1DwSkYaY3poxAzAiu7ipUqmoTZkq1o57HJ and why were the funds moved at all in the first place?
quote from btc100 address
"Rassah and Roger Ver (Bit Instant and Memory Dealers) have complete control over all donations currently residing in the Bitcoin wallet having the vanity address 1BTC1oo1J3MEt5SFj74ZBcF2Mk97Aah4ac, awaiting their next destination–a worthy non-profit organization."

AWAITING?? - moving funds is not waiting.
destination a worthy non profit. - please provide details which non-profit owns the 1DwSKY address.

secondly the images on the website have been ripped off of 'oxfam' images aswell as unicef. hopefully they have permission

How the hell did I miss this (in bold) and nobody else commented upon it?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=59237

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=59237;sa=showPosts

[Rassah]

8.1181BTC donation to PanPeru sent:

https://blockchain.info/tx/04a2ce4980740ebc7763d6419d58fe45be295f87144e9be9b9a68e6451f421bb

Edd I noticed http://panperu.org/ is not on out Bitcoin100.org list of charities we donated to. Can you please update?