Dr. Spaceman has the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, not himself as it is listed, lol. Thanks for catching that error! I'll correct it in the next wheel update.

Just caught another one - jmakin has #20 locked up, but we haven't decided on his anti-#Thinman charity yet.

If anyone sees any errors on the wheel, in the pledges, or anything else, please speak up so I can correct them!


Thanks for that pledge, NhlNut! Very generous of you!

Current wheel status:

#	user	charity
0	gobbo	Dachshund Rescue of North America
32	kioshk	Mobile Loaves and Fishes
15	Howard Treesong	The Wounded Warrior Project
19	Sakland	Stand Up For Kids
4	Villian1	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
21	d10	Paws for Life
2	chopstick	Friends Of Homeless Animals
25	Fabian	Amnesty International
17	tylertwo	ASPCA
34	microbet	Food Not Bombs
6	de captain	Ocean Conservatory
27	27offsuit	The Trustees of Reservations
13	BluffMyNuts	Stop Soldier Suicide
36	metaname2	NYC Outward Bound Schools
11	Dr. Spaceman	American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
30	?	?
8	gambit8888	Michigan wish.org
23	gregorio	Guelph Wellington Seniors Association
10	SGT RJ	Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
5	divides_by_zero	breast cancer research foundation
24	Larry Legend	Navy Seal Foundation
16	daryn	The American Red Cross
33	LFS	The Midnight Mission
1	Tuma	Children Inc
20	jmakin	(undecided anti-#Thinman charity)
14	2/325Falcon	USO
31	lonely_but_rich	Carnegie Institute of Science
9	Rei Ayanami	Against Malaria Foundation
22	El Diablo	SF-Marin Food Bank
18	?	?
29	Yakmelk	National Alliance to End Homelessness
7	Anarchist	Nation Alliance on Mental Illness
28	?	?
12	spaceman Bryce	United Negro College Fund
35	Alobar	Girls Who Code
3	mmbt0ne	St Bernard Project
26	W0X0F	Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America

3 slots left, let us go go go!




I'm not the only one hoping that #Thinman replies with an anti-jmakin charity as one of the final 3 valid charities, right?

My pledge is just going to be $100 directly to winning charity.

#18
Outward Bound California - City Skyline Challenge, using this page.

chop,

you can switch me from $37 to winner, to $1/spin as I shipped to de captain

Sciolist

#Thinman - Remember last year when you picked a charity that only benefited a single individual and I said to pick again? Same deal as last year. Please pick again.

Guess I'll put it in the official rules next year.

Outward Bound is the leading provider of experiential education programs for youth and adults. With a national network of schools and hundreds of courses in wilderness settings and urban environments, Outward Bound has helped people discover strength of character, an ability to lead and a desire to serve for over 50 years.

Outward Bound California is a regional Outward Bound School that was founded in 2008. We offer experiential learning programs that challenge students to develop the skills and inner strengths they need to succeed in their schools, communities and careers.
Through our Bay Area Center, located in San Francisco’s Presidio, our instructors lead year-round programs in public schools and in partnership with other youth serving nonprofits. In 2011-2012, the Bay Area center engaged nearly 1,000 students, largely through the generosity of our donors.

Through our High Sierra base camp, young people embark on multi-week wilderness courses in the summer that challenge them to dig deep and discover hidden strengths. Youth navigate rugged landscapes and scale peaks far away from urban life. In 2012, 250 students ventured out on these expeditions, 1 in 3 of whom received a partial or full scholarship.

Outward Bound California is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization with Tax ID number 26-4206241. Our mission is To Change Lives Through Challenge and Discovery.




...the specific page is a pledge drive. it's no different then pledging $1 for every mile jimmy walks....the $$$ still goes to the specified charity.

oh, and when #18 hits and you make the donation, please link this page.

Outward Bound California is not a 501(c)3 charitable organization, #Thinman. It's a 501(c)3 educational organization, as you showed us above.

The 501(c)(3) designation covers a bunch of different kinds of tax-exempt organizations (including educational, as is Outward Bound), which is why I specified in the rules that the picks be charitable organizations.

I'm pretty flexible, but work with me here, please.

lol, ok, **** the underprivileged kids.

count me out.

I have no idea what this is but i got some email to post something or something? IDK whats going on so I pick the Human Fund

All 501(c)3 organizations are public charities. Education is a sub-set of charitable.

and no offense to Alobar, but how is this any worse than helping women get a ****ing coding job? a;lsdkjfa;sldfkj

Adding a $37 donation to girls who code because I have two daughters.

OK, I'm not going to argue over this. #Thinman is in with #18 and Outward Bound California.

killa is not in with the Human Fund. For anyone wondering why, it's a fake charity from Seinfeld.

Didace - Not all 501(c)3 organizations are public charities, and education(al) is not a subset of charitable. I suggest you review IRS publication 557 if you disagree.

offTopic - I never said that Outward Bound California was not a public charity. It is likely classified as a public charity 501(c)3 educational organization. That is not the same thing as a public charity 501(c)3 charitable organization.

Chop - This is my industry.

"Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations. Organizations described in section 501(c)(3), other than testing for public safety organizations, are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions in accordance with Code section 170" Link

A public charity, as opposed to a private foundation, meets the requirements of Section 509(a)(1) and include -

1. A church or a convention or association of churches,
2. An educational organization such as a school or college,
3. A hospital or medical research organization operated in conjunction with a hospital,
4. Endowment funds operated for the benefit of certain state and municipal colleges and universities,
5. A governmental unit, and
6. A publicly supported organization.

Yes, in Pub 557 the IRS lists charitable as a subset of 501(c)3 and then defines all 501(c)3s as charities. Government regs being confusing is not a surprise. I'll leave it at that.


Getting back on track, I'll put my extra $10 on #2 - Friends of Homeless Animals.

Non-profit is in no way a guarantee that the business is on the up and up. Lotta shady characters start non-profits for some reason or another. That's not even counting the huge non-profits with ridiculous overhead.

I'll pledge $1/number, but put $10 on the Trustees of Reservations, will PM de captain for money shipping info.

Hello, I pick Forgotten Harvest

http://www.forgottenharvest.org/

M*******s unite!

Lock up #20 for jmakin and Tabby's Place!
Lock up #18 for #Thinman and Outward Bound California!
Lock up #30 for Omar Comin and Forgotten Harvest!


Only one wheel slot (#28) left! It will go to the first of these people to post a valid unpicked charity in this thread:

Fabian
Clare Quilty
garcia1001
NoSoup4U
WalterS
killa
Sciolist


If none of them pick a charity by 6pm Vegas time on Tuesday, the first valid unpicked charity posted in the thread after that gets the remaining slot.


Current wheel status:

#	user	charity
0	gobbo	Dachshund Rescue of North America
32	kioshk	Mobile Loaves and Fishes
15	Howard Treesong	The Wounded Warrior Project
19	Sakland	Stand Up For Kids
4	Villian1	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
21	d10	Paws for Life
2	chopstick	Friends Of Homeless Animals
25	Fabian	Amnesty International
17	tylertwo	ASPCA
34	microbet	Food Not Bombs
6	de captain	Ocean Conservatory
27	27offsuit	The Trustees of Reservations
13	BluffMyNuts	Stop Soldier Suicide
36	metaname2	NYC Outward Bound Schools
11	Dr. Spaceman	American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
30	Omar Comin	Forgotten Harvest
8	gambit8888	Michigan wish.org
23	gregorio	Guelph Wellington Seniors Association
10	SGT RJ	Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
5	divides_by_zero	breast cancer research foundation
24	Larry Legend	Navy Seal Foundation
16	daryn	The American Red Cross
33	LFS	The Midnight Mission
1	Tuma	Children Inc
20	jmakin	Tabby's Place
14	2/325Falcon	USO
31	lonely_but_rich	Carnegie Institute of Science
9	Rei Ayanami	Against Malaria Foundation
22	El Diablo	SF-Marin Food Bank
18	#Thinman	Outward Bound California
29	Yakmelk	National Alliance to End Homelessness
7	Anarchist	Nation Alliance on Mental Illness
28	?	?
12	spaceman Bryce	United Negro College Fund
35	Alobar	Girls Who Code
3	mmbt0ne	St Bernard Project
26	W0X0F	Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America

Pledges:
SGT RJ ($5/number, $50 to RAINN directly)
chopstick ($5/number, $10 on #18)
TXYB ($3/number)
Sakland ($1/number)
Anarchist ($1/number)
OffTopic ($1/number)
JL514 ($1/number)
Alobar ($1/number)
Yakmelk ($1/number, $37 directly to Wounded Warrior Project)
BluffMyNuts ($1/number, $13 on #6, $10 each: Wounded Warrior Project, Navy Seal Families, Stop Soldier Suicide)
CocoaKrispies ($1/number, $10 on #27)
jjshabado ($100 direct to winner)
Howard Treesong ($100 to winner)
Bloobird ($50 to winner)
goofball ($37 to winner)
Didace ($37 to winner, $10 on #2, $53 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
pokeraz ($37 to winner or another human charity)
eeonblue ($20 to winner)
de captain ($X additional monies on #6)
tylertwo ($200 to ASPCA)
an anonymous 2p2er - ($100 divided amongst children's hospital #s)
marknfw ($50 to winner, $10 each on #s 0, 19, 4, 21, 17, 6, 27, 8, 1, 31)
spaceman Bryce ($10 on #12)
YTF (one pint of blood to American Red Cross, $100 direct if it hits)
NhlNut ($185 direct to winner if any of 2,3,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23,27,28,31,32 hits)
goofball ($37 direct to Girls Who Code)

We are up to $21/number!! Including "to the winner" pledges, that means the pledges to the winning charity total over $1,000!!

Thanks to the following whose pledges have already been confirmed received by de captain: SGT RJ, Sakland, lonely_but_rich, Anarchist, offTopic, Didace, Yakmelk, marknfw, spaceman Bryce, metaname2, Alobar. If you sent your pledge to de captain and don't see your name listed there, please PM him/me to sort it out. We also have a few snailmail pledges inbound as well, your names will be added once they are received.

Remember that if you want your money in Vegas for the spin, either show up in person or PM de captain for details on how to ship him your pledge via PayPal.

Feel free to donate directly on your own as well, there is no need to send your pledge in if you prefer to donate directly.

If you do intend to send money to de captain for it to play on the spin in person, please remember that he needs to receive it no later than noon on the 10th.



Planning to be there in person for the spin:
chopstick, gobbo, de captain, daryn, Bloobird, W0X0F (maybe)

anyone is welcome to attend, and we'll be going out to Chada for dinner later that night.


Didace - Thanks for the $10 on FOHA. I'll put an extra $10 on Outward Bound California!

Hopefully you have this covered already, but can we please get some proper video of this event?

Highly unlikely that will happen given that this is the Bellagio, it is happening in the high limit room, and electronics are generally not allowed near roulette wheels. They barely allowed photos last year, and even then the floor insisted on taking the photos themselves with our phones, we were not allowed to do it ourselves.