Online charitable fundraising done "properly"? Advice solicited.

[benburch]

Hey, folks!

You all know the grief we ran into when we raised money for the late Andy Stephenson.

I have been asked by the operators of another Liberal forum how to go about raising money for one of their long-time posters "properly".

So I am asking for advice.

Is there a right way to do this that will avoid the intervention of evil people that our fundraiser drew to Andy?

Should a trust be established?

Any knowledgeable advice gratefully received.

[acmejack]

1. This may help.

It is a good fund raising worksheet. http://www.techsoup.org/howto/worksheets/funding/index.cfm

Edit: This is the best , I'm told.

[jwirr]

2. I don't know the answer to how to do it but

I know that e-bay has a charitable giving sale section. You need to be non-profit and then people can donate items to be sold for your cause. They even have a section for sellers to donate a portion of their profits to various organizations.