Re: help us design nonprofit org funding mechanisms

[Kevin Crowston]

Another possible source for general funding is to charge a "tax" on the
project-specific income.  In some ways, this is a variant of your option 4,
except that it would be explicitly recognized that part of the funds for
projects would pay for general upkeep, rather than relying on
"understanding and generous developers" (still important!) to "do a little
extra work in their spare time".  This might not be a hard sell, if
project-funders realize that their projects will be *more* expensive in the
long run without the shared general work.

Kevin