Charity license software

And more states will likely follow. Their decision will indicate whether the current court is inclined to protect religious freedoms or not. Put another way:. If your church or ministry doctrine is uncomfortable with the social engineering aspects of these newer charity license requirements, it seems you either need to say no to them, or to say yes but make certain you have a quick exit strategy.

Just in case. Otherwise, the for-profit pricing knocks the cost way out of line when compared to the normal charity licensing costs. You can reach Nick at nick mbsinc. Remember Me. Lost your password? Software 0 Comments 0.

Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Please enable Javascript to view page properly. Quick Summary The intention of this license is to distribute software in the spirit of software made to donate money to a charity. Can Modify. Most churches and ministries want to reach those who do not agree with them religiously or doctrinally.

The concern is whether or not those churches can choose to only hire those who agree with their religious and doctrinal views. The challenge is that U. Supreme Court recognized that churches have the right to only hire those who agree with their religious and doctrinal views. Yet, in order to receive a discounted charity license, many IT solution providers require churches and ministries to certify that they do not discriminate in their employment or hiring practices.

Does simply clicking the box making that certification put a church in jeopardy? I see two problematic scenarios:. Google, Microsoft, and many others have that non-discrimination language in their charity license agreements.

Microsoft corrected the issue in late after working with me to understand the concern. They added a statement that religious institutions are exempt from the employment non-discrimination portion of their agreement.

They did that specifically because they want to work with churches and ministries! Google has not been responsive to the church in this area. Recently TechSoup changed their internal rules and now require those same certifications in the TechSoup account setup process to request a Microsoft Charity License approval, even though Microsoft states churches and ministries are exempt!

The Fix Is Now Available Working with Microsoft again to address the TechSoup account certification issue, they created a way to complete the application without establishing a TechSoup account, and then to get access to their charity licenses without involving TechSoup! Here are the necessary steps:. They recognize our right to discriminate in our hiring and employment practices as guaranteed by the U.

Supreme Court. It has been my privilege to help in that resolution.