Bitcoin 100: Developed Specifically for Non-Profits

[Rassah]

Got another e-mail solicitation:

From: gini

Our organization could use some help from bitcoin100
We just found out about bitcoin but already we're accepting them as donation. Within the next few months (after the holidays) we will be hosting a presentation to explain bitcoin.

http://www.caanmidwest.org/home.html

Thanks,

Gini Lester,
President

(No offence, but their website is rather horrible looking.)

I sent a reply:

Hi. How long ago did you start accepting bitcoins? Bitcoin100's goals are to entice new charities to accept them - ones that might not otherwise be interested - and we can't basically give out bitcoins to bitcoin fans. Though if you will be promoting bitcoin in your local community, that would really help convince us to donate anyway.

Also, can you briefly describe what you actually do?

Thank you

-- Dmitry
   Bitcoin100.org

Will update yuo when I get a reply.

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[BTC_GHD]

Hi Phin, I made a shell of a Hive app for your charity but I don't know what to use for an image or what text to write in it.
Can you tell me what you would like to see there?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Got another e-mail solicitation:

From: gini

Our organization could use some help from bitcoin100
We just found out about bitcoin but already we're accepting them as donation. Within the next few months (after the holidays) we will be hosting a presentation to explain bitcoin.

http://www.caanmidwest.org/home.html

Thanks,

Gini Lester,
President

(No offence, but their website is rather horrible looking.)

I sent a reply:

Hi. How long ago did you start accepting bitcoins? Bitcoin100's goals are to entice new charities to accept them - ones that might not otherwise be interested - and we can't basically give out bitcoins to bitcoin fans. Though if you will be promoting bitcoin in your local community, that would really help convince us to donate anyway.

Also, can you briefly describe what you actually do?

Thank you

-- Dmitry
   Bitcoin100.org

Will update yuo when I get a reply.

There website hasn't change much since when it was first build according the WBM. Also, they're located at my backdoor and would have no problem with meeting them in person: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212061737/http://caanmidwest.org/aboutus.html

Hosting a community center (68 N. Chicago St. in downtown Joliet) where people can come together based on a common background based on sexual orientation and/or gender identification.

~Bruno Kucinskas

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Hi Phin, I made a shell of a Hive app for your charity but I don't know what to use for an image or what text to write in it.
Can you tell me what you would like to see there?

Thanks, bud.

Let's see how this would look, with the option of changing it if it comes across too lame.



Bitcoin100 was developed specifically to convince NPOs to accept bitcoin donations, then donating the BTC equivalent of $1,000 USD to non-political, secular charities that prominently display an option for their supporters to contribute bitcoins via their website.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Also, the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a London-based NGO, just started to accept bitcoin (http://www.srilankacampaign.org/giveanonymously.htm) They actually started taking it a sort while ago, but forgot to tell us Does that disqualify them? (*looks at Phinneas*  )

No! They are fine! Endowment, I say.

They have added the option, http://www.srilankacampaign.org/giveanonymously.htm, and
They have been endowmented: https://blockchain.info/tx/414f6e58104b350941de9bb87d4db80707f9d2d423d7d66d5cfa47288dad8a1f

Endowmented or endowed? 

[Rassah]

There website hasn't change much since when it was first build according the WBM. Also, they're located at my backdoor and would have no problem with meeting them in person: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212061737/http://caanmidwest.org/aboutus.html

Hosting a community center (68 N. Chicago St. in downtown Joliet) where people can come together based on a common background based on sexual orientation and/or gender identification.

Here is her reply:

We started accepting them just a few weeks ago. We also signed up with BitPay, they accepted us as a charity. We're a 501c3. I've had a few questions for them and emailed their Chicago support person who hasn't written back. If you have connections with them you may want to heads them up.
We're a gay community center in Joliet Illinois. Joliet is a blue collar town outside of Chicago. The last train stop before it heads back.
Our goal at this point is to increase lgbtqi (lesbian, gay,  bi, trans, queer, intersex) visibility in our community. We're doing that by leading the way for our backwards town to join the 21st century. The first goal to do that is creating a resilience group. Done. It's made up of straight and gay people. The second goal is creating a local economy. This is where bitcoin comes in. I'm toying with the idea of creating our own digital currency but I simply don't know enough yet. Anyway I've already talked with someone who'll do the bitcoin presentation probably in January. Bling in the new year.
We're all volunteer. No paid staff. No grant writers. Just a few people willing to keep it going (and have since 2005).
Gini

I'll leave this one to you to yay or neigh on. Do you want to come visit them? I'll forward you their info. If not, just let me know if you approve or not, and I'll pass it on.

[Rassah]

Endowmented or endowed?  

Sorry, I meant endowsmerized.

In the mean time, yet another one

affordable housing NPO interested in seeking bitcoin donations

From: Ryan N.

Hello Dmitry,
I'm a treasurer for La Reunion, an non-profit Affordable Housing Cooperative in Austin, Texas that opened in April of this year. To remain affordable we bought an old building which has required much more maintenance that expected due to health and safety issues such as bedbugs and high levels of carbon monoxide.
One of our goals is to establish more computer literacy in the community by setting up a computer lab and a mesh network and try to provide internet to the surrounding apartments. This goal has been put on the back burner due to high maintenance  costs. Because the founders are educated and use technology for organization we realize how far behind some of our lower income members are and the the pressing need to bring them "on-line" both to the global internet and to our local organizing structures, like our wiki, maintenance trello, food pantry app, etc.
We've set up fundraisers for both maintenance  and tech  and I'm sure by accepting bitcoin we would get more donations. With a $1000 dollars worth of bitcoin we could buy the routers and computers to get started at building a community provide internet and housing.
If you would like more information check out our wiki or email/ call me.

 I think the following links would be valuable for your reviewers/donors.


Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/LaReunionCooperative?bookmark_t=page

Wiki
http://lareunioncoop.org/home

Fundraisers
http://keepourhouseahome.com/menu
https://lareunioncoop.crowdhoster.com/

Thank you,
Ryan Nill
La Reunion Treasurer

[edd]

Bitcoin100.org has been updated to reflect the addition of The League Against AIDS, Inc., WeSearch, The Water Project, and the Sri Lanka Campaign. Did I miss anyone?

BTW, I just renewed the registration for the bitcoin100.org domain - hard to believe it's already been two years since Bruno launched this project. 

[Rassah]

Did I miss anyone?

I'll update the accounts tonight, and will be able to run a "customer" report to compare to our online list.

BTW, I just renewed the registration for the bitcoin100.org domain - hard to believe it's already been two years since Bruno launched this project.  

Hard to believe I'm still doing this sh*  

Edit:

Current Account Status:

BALANCE SHEET

      ฿191.77377135  Assets   <<<--- This is how much we have left to give out
       ฿138.37377135    BTCWallet
         ฿4.40000000    Freequant_Wallet
        ฿45.00000000    MemDeal_Wallet
         ฿4.00000000   Teukon_Wallet
       ฿605.70171698  Expense
       ฿605.69351698    Contributed_to_Charity
         ฿0.00820000    Transaction_Fee
      ฿-617.21645566  Income:Available_for_Charity
      ฿-180.25903267  Liabilities
      ฿-126.85903267    Contributed_Pledges
        ฿-4.40000000    Freequant_Contributed
       ฿-45.00000000    MemDeal_Contributed
        ฿-4.00000000    Teukon_Contributed
--------------------
                   0


List of charities that received contributions:

12-Mar-21 Group B Strep Inter.. ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿127.35400000
12-Jul-20 Kenija2012.com        ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿100.00000000
12-Dec-14 BUND Berlin e.V.      ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿100.54164468
13-Jan-02 My Refuge House       ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿100.00000000
13-Mar-22 BitcoinTheDocumenta.. ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿13.96454230
13-Jun-02 fr33aid.com           ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿8.30080000
13-Jun-02 generationsofhope.org ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿8.28000000
13-Jun-07 SongsofLove.org       ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.10000000
13-Jun-07 antiwar.com           ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.10000000
13-Jun-07 fesslerfoundation.org ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.20000000
13-Jun-21 handinhand-patensch.. ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.18500000
13-Jun-21 hiphopchessfederati.. ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.86810000
13-Jun-21 iccf-holland.org      ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.18500000
13-Jun-21 sternenhof.eu         ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.18500000
13-Jun-21 watsi.org             ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.18000000
13-Jul-12 asiconservachile.org  ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿10.59590000
13-Jul-12 spices.org.my         ..ntributed_to_Charity ฿10.59590000
13-Aug-03 khanacademy.org       ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.63300000
13-Aug-08 virtualdoctors.org    ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.48770000
13-Aug-25 generationgreen.com   ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿9.17000000
13-Sep-21 panperu.org           ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿8.11810000
13-Nov-15 primateeducationnet.. ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿2.44000000
13-Nov-17 esquinatangoaustin... ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿2.10520000
13-Nov-21 ibme.info             ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.61290000
13-Nov-21 lendforamerica.org    ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.66113000
13-Nov-22 pathwaystoeducation.. ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.44510000
13-Dec-05 washingtonimprovthe.. ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿0.88700000
13-Dec-06 lastdoor.org          ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.02500000
13-Dec-10 leagueagainstaids.com ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.06900000
13-Dec-11 we-search.org         ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.04970000
13-Dec-16 srilankacampaign.org  ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.17680000
13-Dec-16 thewaterproject.org   ..ntributed_to_Charity  ฿1.17700000


Yep, all accounted for on the Bitcoin100.org website. Thanks edd!

By the way, WE HAVE DONATED $10,000 THIS MONTH! Cheers!

[Rassah]

And hey, those asses at http://www.donkeyrescue.org/ added a bitcoin donation option, too (they finished changing their website, but forgot to tell me, and I just remembered them and decided to look). So, we'll have one more donation going out in a bit. There is apparently a minor issue wit BitPay: the defualt settings don't allow for more than $100 or so per donation  I looked through my ow BitPay account, but can't find where to change it. E-mailed BitPay support. Hopefully they will change the default limit for donations to $1,000, because otherwise we'll keep running into this issue every time (this is the second or third time I ran into it)

[Phinnaeus Gage]

There website hasn't change much since when it was first build according the WBM. Also, they're located at my backdoor and would have no problem with meeting them in person: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212061737/http://caanmidwest.org/aboutus.html

Hosting a community center (68 N. Chicago St. in downtown Joliet) where people can come together based on a common background based on sexual orientation and/or gender identification.

Here is her reply:

We started accepting them just a few weeks ago. We also signed up with BitPay, they accepted us as a charity. We're a 501c3. I've had a few questions for them and emailed their Chicago support person who hasn't written back. If you have connections with them you may want to heads them up.
We're a gay community center in Joliet Illinois. Joliet is a blue collar town outside of Chicago. The last train stop before it heads back.
Our goal at this point is to increase lgbtqi (lesbian, gay,  bi, trans, queer, intersex) visibility in our community. We're doing that by leading the way for our backwards town to join the 21st century. The first goal to do that is creating a resilience group. Done. It's made up of straight and gay people. The second goal is creating a local economy. This is where bitcoin comes in. I'm toying with the idea of creating our own digital currency but I simply don't know enough yet. Anyway I've already talked with someone who'll do the bitcoin presentation probably in January. Bling in the new year.
We're all volunteer. No paid staff. No grant writers. Just a few people willing to keep it going (and have since 2005).
Gini

I'll leave this one to you to yay or neigh on. Do you want to come visit them? I'll forward you their info. If not, just let me know if you approve or not, and I'll pass it on.

Actually, I see no problem with them whatsoever. Please endow them, Rassah.

~Bruno Kucinskas

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Bitcoin100.org has been updated to reflect the addition of The League Against AIDS, Inc., WeSearch, The Water Project, and the Sri Lanka Campaign. Did I miss anyone?

BTW, I just renewed the registration for the bitcoin100.org domain - hard to believe it's already been two years since Bruno launched this project.  

I can't believe it's been two years since Nikki the Bitch was permanently banned.   BTW, Nikki is my niece's name, hence using it... I mean, I wonder who Nikki the Bitch really was.  

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Endowmented or endowed?  

Sorry, I meant endowsmerized.

In the mean time, yet another one

affordable housing NPO interested in seeking bitcoin donations

From: Ryan N.

Hello Dmitry,
I'm a treasurer for La Reunion, an non-profit Affordable Housing Cooperative in Austin, Texas that opened in April of this year. To remain affordable we bought an old building which has required much more maintenance that expected due to health and safety issues such as bedbugs and high levels of carbon monoxide.
One of our goals is to establish more computer literacy in the community by setting up a computer lab and a mesh network and try to provide internet to the surrounding apartments. This goal has been put on the back burner due to high maintenance  costs. Because the founders are educated and use technology for organization we realize how far behind some of our lower income members are and the the pressing need to bring them "on-line" both to the global internet and to our local organizing structures, like our wiki, maintenance trello, food pantry app, etc.
We've set up fundraisers for both maintenance  and tech  and I'm sure by accepting bitcoin we would get more donations. With a $1000 dollars worth of bitcoin we could buy the routers and computers to get started at building a community provide internet and housing.
If you would like more information check out our wiki or email/ call me.

 I think the following links would be valuable for your reviewers/donors.


Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/LaReunionCooperative?bookmark_t=page

Wiki
http://lareunioncoop.org/home

Fundraisers
http://keepourhouseahome.com/menu
https://lareunioncoop.crowdhoster.com/

Thank you,
Ryan Nill
La Reunion Treasurer

I like this org, but can't seem to find their donation page. They are fairly new and use a wiki as their website, but they are linked to 501(c)3 org. I'm curious as to where they would prominently display the Bitcoin donation option on their website. They do have a descent Facebook page.

[Rassah]

There website hasn't change much since when it was first build according the WBM. Also, they're located at my backdoor and would have no problem with meeting them in person: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212061737/http://caanmidwest.org/aboutus.html

Hosting a community center (68 N. Chicago St. in downtown Joliet) where people can come together based on a common background based on sexual orientation and/or gender identification.

Actually, I see no problem with them whatsoever. Please endow them, Rassah.

~Bruno Kucinskas

Done: https://blockchain.info/tx/e887625966b273cc362ed93992119c2392e122df627625f4c72e990b20e22cfc

[mapsi]

ok guys finally have gwzoo.org signed up for bitpay. they should be implementing the bitcoin on their donation page within a few hours. Also it should be going out on an international story that barcroft media is doing on the zoo. The donation link will be referenced in the article as well. This is after all the biggest tiger sanctuary in the world open to the public and they been hit hard by the recent storms. Id like to thank the BTC100 for there amazing contributions to so many charities.

[mapsi]

Is the zoo doing something wrong? We have included the bitpay donation link on the donation page but when I try to donate via btc it gives us this error

donateoklahoma.usza.us

The merchant is currently not able to accept this payment. Please try again later.

However when I select USD it lets it process. any ideas and are we doing this right?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Is the zoo doing something wrong? We have included the bitpay donation link on the donation page but when I try to donate via btc it gives us this error

donateoklahoma.usza.us

The merchant is currently not able to accept this payment. Please try again later.

However when I select USD it lets it process. any ideas and are we doing this right?

Plus, it only accepts donations up to $100 USD, but no over, i.e. $101. I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix. Please contact support at BitPay, whereupon the issue should be resolved in a timely manner.

~Bruno Kucinskas

[mapsi]

Is the zoo doing something wrong? We have included the bitpay donation link on the donation page but when I try to donate via btc it gives us this error

donateoklahoma.usza.us

The merchant is currently not able to accept this payment. Please try again later.

However when I select USD it lets it process. any ideas and are we doing this right?

Plus, it only accepts donations up to $100 USD, but no over, i.e. $101. I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix. Please contact support at BitPay, whereupon the issue should be resolved in a timely manner.

~Bruno Kucinskas

Thx Bruno. I have submitted a ticket via bitpay with no luck. My only concern is that the zoo is having an article ran tomorrow via Barcroft media and we are attaching our BTC donation link and a mention of it in the article its self. This is a great look for the crypto community as it will be international press. I just hope I dont have to pull the BTC reference from the article due to no response from bitpay

[Rassah]

Sorry I couldn't post this earlier

Charles St (BitPay)

Rassah,

You will need to apply for a higher transaction limit at http://bitpay.com/merchant-compliance. We require some additional information from you that we will need to review. Once we've done that, we'll approve you for a higher limit, which will resolve this issue. Thanks for reaching out.

Sincerely,

Charles St
Client Support Engineer
BitPay, Inc.

I gotta say, this really sucks, considering we're doing $1,000 every time. I wonder if BitPay would object to 10 $100 donations at the same time? (Or if they even support it).

[Rassah]

You two have been doing this many cash transactions without FinCEN compliance data on file? You should be happy its taken this long.

We have never made any cash transactions.