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 Information about fiscal-sponsorship from school factory: https://atrium.schoolfactory.org/spacefed/sponsorship Information about fiscal-sponsorship from school factory: https://atrium.schoolfactory.org/spacefed/sponsorship
  
-Why we need to consider this:+Why we need to consider this/Pros:
   - Amazon Payments (Kickstarter) requires us to have 501(c)(3) status.   - Amazon Payments (Kickstarter) requires us to have 501(c)(3) status.
     - School factory could act as our liason for this.     - School factory could act as our liason for this.
   - Businesses and larger donors may be more comfortable than waiting for our exempt status   - Businesses and larger donors may be more comfortable than waiting for our exempt status
   - Reputation. We're covering our bases while we obtain our own status.   - Reputation. We're covering our bases while we obtain our own status.
 +  - Buys us some time to do our 1023 right and think about how we want to answer some of the questions
 +    - Specifically the part about acting as a granter to the clubs (if we even still want to do that)
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 +Cons
 +  - School factory takes 10% for admin costs
 +    - This will hurt for kickstarter since there are already %'s involved there.
  
 This doesn't replace our own need/desire to get 501(c)(3) status, just helps us in the interim. This doesn't replace our own need/desire to get 501(c)(3) status, just helps us in the interim.
  
-We already know that anything that's donated within 27 months of our incorporation is exempt once we get our determination approved.+Anything that's donated within 27 months of our incorporation is exempt once we get our determination approved, but some donors might be uncomfortable with that.

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