-----Original Message----- From: Radcliffe, Mark [mailto:Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:04 PM To: FORD, TOBY; Jonathan Bryce; foundation@lists.openstack.org; <foundation- board@lists.openstack.org> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] [Foundation Board] OpenStack Foundation Tax Exempt Status
Thanks, it was a group effort: Lee Sheller used his deep knowledge of the IRS to discover the misconceptions of the IRS about OpenStack in particular and FOSS in general (Lee now knows more about open source than any other tax lawyer in the country) and Jonathan, Mark and Lauren did a fantastic job of gathering the information which included reviewing all of the presentations in the last four summits (1300 in total) to put them in categories for the IRS letter.
Thank you to the foundation folks, Mark/DLA Piper, and the community..
Toby
On 8/26/15, 12:16 PM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm very happy to report that after a lengthy process with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including an initial denial and an appeal, the OpenStack Foundation has been granted 501c6 tax exempt status. This is clear recognition of the positive impact that our Foundation is having on the cloud computing industry.
While it may seem like a small administrative matter, the long term impact is very positive for the efforts of the Foundation and the industry, allowing us to devote more resources to ensuring the cloud revolution is truly open to everyone. We also hope this outcome for our Foundation benefits other open source organizations pursuing tax exempt status with the IRS now and in the future.
Thank you to everyone in the OpenStack community and the greater open source world who supported us through the process.
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