There's a charity that I might be able to talk into accepting bitcoins, one of the few remaining opera companies left in this area that is accessible to up-and-coming singers and to the community by engaging families, and especially kids, in their productions, AND offers Met-calibre training to the cast at no cost to them. Some of their singers and most(?) of their coaches/music director have performed at the Met and other places at that level. I've only recently gotten involved with them, and they have such passion, and yet such money woes. When they cast an aspiring singer, they provide hours upon hours of free coaching and training, something that just does not happen anywhere else. It's frankly not on the scale of saving lives like some of the other organizations mentioned in the thread.  But it does bring joy to a lot of people, and has for about a quarter of a century. With all that history, though, it's in danger of dying soon, and this grant would make a huge difference to their bottom line.

I don't know that I can convince their Board of Directors to get involved with this newfangled idea.  But if it might be judged to be an acceptable NPO here, I will give it my best.

njavo.org

very nice to see, somebody actually thinking on something like this

I have been thinking about how to implement this idea for a long time now... It is great to see it is already being done. I think the website could use an update/redesign, though. Perhaps someone here can donate some webdesign?
A site like this relies on transparancy and trust, and the site itself doesn't scream 'trust me', although with a bit of looking around (reading this thread, etc) it sure seems legit, which is wonderful.

Such people - just ignore them. That's usually my solution.

So... This:

One of the booths at the conference was with three nonprofits, who have organized to try to get other nonprofits to accept bitcoins as well. They have never heard of us, and were very glad to hear that we exist, do the same thing they do (or try to), and have the perk that we provide (sending money). They were very interested in working together with us. Stephanie is the contact for fr33aid.com that I talked to, who interviewed me for their podcast. I sent this to her just now.

I confirm the above.

Without going into too much detail, recent events had made it difficult for me to devote the full attention to Bitcoin 100 it deserves, therefore I've passed the reins to Rassah, continuing to work with Bitcoin 100 at a much lower capacity.

I don't, nor never did have any control of the funds residing in Bitcoin 100's coffer. The only two people who had/have control of all the bitcoins is Rassah, with Roger Ver holding the only other copy of the private key in case of the proverbial hit-by-a-bus scenario.

I trust Rassah wholeheartedly, and hope you do to. I also believe that he's able to deliver Bitcoin 100 to the next level, whatever that may be.

There's no nefarious reason(s) for my sudden departure. Again, it's for the betterment of Bitcoin 100 in particular and Bitcoin proper in general.

I now understand how most women feel when their child leaves the nest.  

~Bruno K~

PS: I want to once again thank every single person who has contributed to Bitcoin 100, along with those who've simply offering up support in a myriad of other ways.

Please rest assure, that all bitcoins contributed in the past and future will go toward acceptable causes with little or no moneys allocated to overhead, albeit the latter claim may change as the entity grows beyond some manageable stage.

PPS: Please don't take the time to individually post thanks or well wishes for, quite frankly, I probably don't deserve any thanks.

Maybe I deserve thanks for starting it, but I have been the one that has held it back, running out of excuses to further the cause.