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Re: [tor-bugs] #10013 [Website]: Better Reflect Existing Sponsorship Information on the Website

#10013: Better Reflect Existing Sponsorship Information on the Website
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  phobos
  cypherpunks            |     Status:  accepted
         Type:           |  Milestone:
  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  normal   |   Keywords:  transparency, sponsors, financial,
    Component:  Website  |  disclosure
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
Actual Points:           |
       Points:           |
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:2 phobos]:
 > Thanks for the thoughts. Here are my thoughts:
 >
 > 1. Sure, I'll work on it.
 >
 > 2 and 3, we generally cannot disclose current contracts, so giving away
 information like "-present" isn't possible. We also have had contracts in
 the past who forbid us from listing them as a sponsor to avoid their name
 showing up in Internet search results tied to Tor. Go figure.

 This is understandable, but I would also argue potentially misguided,
 since that information may--in some cases--be available in the IRS 990
 forms to people who bother to look.

 >
 > We can't publish anything before the audit is completed each year and
 the 990/PC filed. It takes 8-10 months to do the audit at the current
 rate.
 >
 This is also understandable, but previous IRS 990 forms mention some
 "forward-looking" information like the expected end years of grants. It
 could also be disclosed in a slightly different way--perhaps in the form
 of "we anticipate receiving a large grant from sponsor X."

 >
 > What we could do is scrap the sponsors page altogether and merge it with
 the financial docs page, and then create a basic set of demographics about
 tor funding, based on 990/PC filings.

 I think this could useful as well.

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