Becoming Non Profit?

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Originally Posted by amesmich

We have found it to be tricky to navigate funding since as of now everything needs to go through the school account. So to make snap purchases its becomes a process. Additionally we cant set up paypal or amazon donation accounts because we can have direct access to the account and the school system is behind the times when it comes to electronics payments regarding anything.

In our situation, we end up having parents foot the bill for purchases during build season, and they get reimbursed afterwards. We have a process for this so it's not unbearable, but it requires parents who can step up and help out on short notice. Large transactions like paying FIRST fees come directly from our account and are handled by the school business office.

For donations: I don't see why you can't set up a PayPal or Amazon account, have it feed into the school's bank account, and then just have the Controller allocate those funds to the Robotics account? We've done something like this before with no trouble.