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		philip1209 on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine tea... Can anybody speak to the accounting implications of "donating" software to a foundation/501(c)3? Can there be any kind of tax write-off? (It looks like this might already have been owned by a foundation, but I'm still generally curious)

IshKebab on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

At best you would be limited to the value lost which is essentially zero, so no.

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