Well, we should still have something in place. We dont NEED to ask
foundations to give us money, but if we do, the money will be going to good
use. If you don't want to ask an education-related-fund, I think this would
much more relevant to something like the FSF. Do they give grants?
I don't think asking for donations is the way to go
once a non-profit
is in place. The US is full of foundations that are happy to throw
money at half-baked proposals vaguely related to education. Pretty much
every billionaire sets up a foundation like that. You just write a
grant proposal and wait for the money to come in. Lots of people in
academia make their living that way. And we are talking at least an
order of magnitude higher than your figure above.
Axel
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