Do I need to be a non profit to accept donations on my website?
<p>Suppose I have a website that run for a community. I do accept donations on it to pay for the web hosting and game servers. </p>

<p>Are there any requirements for a person operating such a website to apply for some kind of registration as a non profit to continue to accept these donations? If so, what?</p>

<p>I am not sure if it helps but I do provide ledgers of where the money goes to the public.</p>

<p>EDIT: I live in New York. All the servers in question are located in the US (Missouri, Seattle, New York) and one is in Montreal, Canada.</p>

<p>No.  If you create a company that qualifies under 501(c)(3), then your donors can deduct all or part of their donations from their taxable income, but a company that doesn't qualify under 501(c)(3) can still accept donations.</p>

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