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    <dl>

        <dt>What is Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>Gittip is a platform for sustainable crowd-funding. Use it to set
        up a 25&cent; per week (or more) anonymous gift to someone you think
        does great work.</dd>


        <dt>Who is Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>Gittip, LLC is an <a
            href="http://blog.gittip.com/post/26350459746/the-first-open-company">open
            company</a> founded by <a href="/whit537/">Chad Whitacre</a> in
        2002 as Zeta Web Design Company, and renamed to Gittip, LLC in
        February, 2013. <a href="/joonas/">Joonas Bergius</a> joined as
        employee #1 for Gittip in February, 2013. He and Chad are the ones
        authorized to access sensitive data. Anyone is welcome to <a
            href="/about/#get-involved">get involved</a> in building Gittip.
        The Gittip community includes over a <a href="/on/github/gittip/">dozen
            people</a> actively building the product, and many more occasional
        contributors.</dd>


        <dt>How is Gittip funded?</dt>

        <dd>Gittip is funded on Gittip. As an <a
            href="http://blog.gittip.com/post/26350459746/the-first-open-company">open
            company</a>, Gittip, LLC doesn't pay any wages and has no profit.
        We <a href="/about/#details">charge a fee</a> to cover the things that
        we ourselves are charged for.</dd>


        <dt>Can I make a one-time tip?</dt>

        <dd>No. Gittip is designed for long-term, sustainable funding, and only
        supports recurring gifts at this time. We will probably offer one-time
        gifts in the future; you can join that conversation <a
            href="https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/5">here</a>.
        The workaround for now is to change your gift amount back to zero after
        the first week.</dd>


        <dt>I'm not in the U.S., can I still give using Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>Absolutely! We're able to accept international credit card
        payments. If you encounter any issues giving and you are outside the
        U.S., please let us know.</dd>


        <dt>I'm not in the U.S., can I still receive gifts using Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>Absolutely! We're working on a long-term solution for automated
        withdrawals outside the U.S. (details <a
            href="https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/126">here</a>),
        and in the mean time we are happy to make manual PayPal payments when
        you'd like to withdraw your funds from Gittip&mdash;<a
            href="/about/#contact-us">get in touch</a> as needed.</dd>

    </dl>
</div>
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    <dl>

        <dt>How do I withdraw money from Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>Participants in the U.S. can <a
            href="https://www.gittip.com/bank-account.html">connect a bank
            account</a> to have funds deposited every Friday, less a 30&cent;
        fee. Participants outside the U.S. can <a
            href="/about/#contact-us">contact us</a> to set up a manual PayPal
        payment, less PayPal's fee, while we work on a long-term
    <a
        href="https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/126">solution</a>.</dd>


        <dt>Can I use bitcoin?</dt>

        <dd>No. The challenges with bitcoin are handling recurring payments,
        and transparently converting to and from fiat currency. You're welcome
        to join the conversation around bitcoin for <a
            href="https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/14">payins</a>
        and <a
            href="https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/310">payouts</a>.</dd>


        <dt>Can I use Gittip to support organizations?</dt>

        <dd>Yes. Some accounts on Gittip represent organizations.</dd>


        <dt>How do I know my tips are being received by the right person?</dt>

        <dd>You can follow links to Gittip from a trusted source like a person
        or organization's website. Also, Twitter verifies accounts in instances
        where this is particularly relevant, so check their Twitter account
        carefully if it's linked.</dd>


        <dt>Do I have to pay taxes on the income I receive from Gittip?</dt>

        <dd>We can't offer blanket legal advice on that, sorry. You'll have to
        talk to a lawyer.</dd>


        <dt>Are gifts I give through Gittip tax-deductible?</dt>

        <dd>No.</dd>


        <dt>I don't want to receive tips, I just want to give them. What should
        I do?</dt>

        <dd>Please select &ldquo;I'm here as a patron.&rdquo; as your personal
        funding goal. We won't show gift buttons to others on your
        profile.</dd>

    </dl>
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