[106782] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Coop Peering Fabric??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Levine)
Tue Aug 12 22:43:41 2008
Date: 13 Aug 2008 02:43:33 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BF08482709F8B24484F80A48DE20BEF3774B26@agusto.kerfisleiga.is>
Cc: hannigan@verneglobal.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
>> That's one of the reasons many of them incorporate as non-profits...
>> Under the tax laws of most countries, the U.S. and Canada included,
>> non-profits are legaly protected against acquisition by for-profits.
>
>Do any of these operations post their tax returns online?
In the US, every non-profit has to file an annual financial report on
form 990 or, for small ones, 990-EZ. These are by law open to public
inspection, and if you call, write, fax or e-mail them and ask for a
copy they better send you one.
The Foundation Center has a fairly good online 990 database:
http://tfcny.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/esearch.php
If you're wondering what my signature looks like, search for
Domain Assurance Council
R's,
John
