I’m curious about the legality as well. Scaling up something like this as an online platform could have huge value, but I would also guess that governments wouldn’t like it. Maybe this is why such a service doesn’t appear to exist yet.
I’ve spoken to TIDES Canada about this at length, and they assured me that it’s definitely legal. TIDES is a large organisation, so this is good evidence. I’ve also taken a more cursory look at tax law and it didn’t appear to violate this. This makes sense when you think about it: donors are just donating to charities in their countries (which is perfectly legal), and coordinating doing this amongst themselves (discussion and coordination generally being legal except in a few explicitly carved out circumstances).
I’m curious about the legality as well. Scaling up something like this as an online platform could have huge value, but I would also guess that governments wouldn’t like it. Maybe this is why such a service doesn’t appear to exist yet.
I’ve spoken to TIDES Canada about this at length, and they assured me that it’s definitely legal. TIDES is a large organisation, so this is good evidence. I’ve also taken a more cursory look at tax law and it didn’t appear to violate this. This makes sense when you think about it: donors are just donating to charities in their countries (which is perfectly legal), and coordinating doing this amongst themselves (discussion and coordination generally being legal except in a few explicitly carved out circumstances).