[Foundation-l] Accepting airline miles as donations

[Dan Rosenthal]

I fully support this idea and note that this should help increase the  
amount of donations from organizations (such as say, doctors offices,  
or law firms) who have lots of those miles due to their normal  
business practices.

-Dan
On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:18 PM, James Hare wrote:

> Greetings.
> I have renewed my subscription to the Foundation-L mailing list to  
> make the
> following proposal.
>
> As you may be aware of, commercial airlines give out "miles" as  
> thank-you
> gifts for patrons who fly on a particular airline. Considering the  
> amount of
> money spent by the Foundation on air travel, it would be convenient  
> for both
> potential donors and the Foundation to accept airline miles as a  
> donation.
> Donors may find airline miles, which are gifts, easier to donate  
> than their
> own money, which they had to work for. Likewise, the Foundation  
> could use
> cash funds that would have been used on airfare for other matters,  
> such as
> server upgrades and staffers.
>
> For the purpose of disclosure, I would like to state that I stole  
> this idea
> from the Make a Wish Foundation, which accepts airline miles as  
> donations,
> presumably for the sake of fulfilling the travel fantasies of ill  
> children.
>
> Of the times I asked others, I have seen very positive responses, so  
> I bring
> it now to the mailing list for wider attention.
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