{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-query-tsx","path":"/blog-post/rice-needs-your-help-to-accept-major-support-from-a-large-donor/","result":{"pageContext":{"post":{"slug":"/blog-post/rice-needs-your-help-to-accept-major-support-from-a-large-donor/","title":"rice needs your help to accept major support from a large donor!","date":"Oct 28, 2012","timeToRead":2,"description":"","body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"title\": \"rice needs your help to accept major support from a large donor!\",\n  \"date\": \"2012-10-28\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"rice-needs-your-help-to-accept-major-support-from-a-large-donor\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/blog/rice-needs-your-help-to-accept-major-support-from-a-large-donor/\",\n  \"old-tags\": [\"r-i-c-e-news\"],\n  \"description\": \"\",\n  \"tags\": \"Blog Post\",\n  \"banner\": \"\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"So many of you have been kind enough to tell us that, when rice is ready and needs it, you\\u2019ll be ready to help. That time has now come.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"In the past year, we have produced leading research about the effects of poor sanitation on India\\u2019s children and about promising solutions. We have been taking our findings and recommendations to local implementers in rural India, to meetings with a Minister in Delhi, and to policy-makers at some of the most important, well-known international organizations. We have a specific plan to scale these efforts up over the next few years, but we\\u2019re going to need a lot of help to make it happen.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Fortunately, a lot of help is on the way. Although it\\u2019s not a done deal yet, a special large, generous donor is well on its way to providing major support for rice\\u2019s research and advocacy on children\\u2019s health and Indian sanitation policy over the next few years.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The details of the major support are still being sorted out, and you can help us with one remaining snag: when the IRS makes its rules about which organizations get to be non-profit public charities, it wants to make sure that non-profits do not get all of their money from any one source. The IRS wants non-profits to be publicly supported, by many people. If rice got all of its money from this one big donor, we could lose our public charity status. Moreover, because the big donor wants to support public charities, it is important to them that we be publicly supported, too.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"All this means that \", mdx(\"strong\", {\n    parentName: \"p\"\n  }, \"rice cannot accept the big donor\\u2019s support unless we also get at least 10 percent of our funding from many different people\"), \" \\u2013 from people like you. We must receive this money every month, and not too much of it can come from any one person.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"What do we need in particular?\"), mdx(\"ul\", null, mdx(\"li\", {\n    parentName: \"ul\"\n  }, \"At least $1,400 a month, starting January 2013, and\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n    parentName: \"ul\"\n  }, \"Not more than $200 a month of that from any one person.\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If we can raise this 10% from all of you \\u2013 rice\\u2019s public supporters \\u2013 then one big donor can fill in the rest of what we need. This means that, if you help us meet our goal, we get ten dollars for every dollar you give. You\\u2019re getting to buy rice\\u2019s work at a 90% discount!\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"It\\u2019s easy to contribute: click on \\u201Cdonate to rice\\u201D at the top of this page, and select an automatic, recurring monthly donation. Options range from $10 a month to $200 a month. Some supporters already contribute $100 a month; others already contribute $25 a month.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"There is so much good work to do. If you can, please help rice to do its part.\"));\n}\n;\nMDXContent.isMDXComponent = true;","tags":[{"name":"Blog Post","slug":"blog-post"}],"banner":null}}},"staticQueryHashes":["318001574","3787687951","3787687951"]}