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First Claim
1. A method of facilitating the provision of management or technology consulting services to non-profit/charitable organizations, comprising:
- a first step of establishing a consulting service provider as a registered charitable organization;
a second step of negotiating and executing a formal donation agreement between the consulting service provider and a donor for the provision of pre-defined consulting services to a designated charity;
a third step of said consulting service provider providing the designated charity with the pre-defined consulting services; and
a fifth step of said consulting service provider providing a report to the donor accounting for results of the services provided to the charity.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method that generally comprises a management/technology consulting service provider (SP) that is a registered charitable organization, a donor, and one or more non-profit/charitable donees/recipients. The method of the present invention allows a donor to contribute funds and receive a basket of hours that may be used at the donor'"'"'s discretion to provide designated non-profit/charitable donees/recipients with management and/or technology consulting services. The process is facilitated by an agreement that is tailored to the needs and goals of the donor. The agreement details the hours that will be provided and the method by which the donor will designate, or direct, the use of the hours. Once the agreement is executed, the donor transfers the funds to the SP. The work performed by the SP for the designated donees/recipients may be clearly identified as having been provided by the respective donor. The SP then reports back to the donor on the results of the services provided.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating the provision of management or technology consulting services to non-profit/charitable organizations, comprising:
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a first step of establishing a consulting service provider as a registered charitable organization;
a second step of negotiating and executing a formal donation agreement between the consulting service provider and a donor for the provision of pre-defined consulting services to a designated charity;
a third step of said consulting service provider providing the designated charity with the pre-defined consulting services; and
a fifth step of said consulting service provider providing a report to the donor accounting for results of the services provided to the charity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of facilitating the provision of management and/or technology consulting services to non-profit/charitable organizations, comprising the steps of:
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conducting a meeting between a non-profit management/technology consulting service provider and a donor;
negotiating terms for a donor agreement between said consulting service provider and said donor;
reducing said terms of said donor agreement to a written instrument;
executing said written donor agreement between said consulting service provider and said donor;
transferring funds to said consulting service provider from said donor;
creating a donor account containing a basket of hours of management/technology consulting services;
designating a quantity of management and/or technology consulting hours to be delivered by said consulting service provider to one or more non-profit/charitable donees/recipients;
identifying said donor to said one or more non-profit/charitable donees/recipients;
delivering said designated quantity of management and/or technology consulting hours to said one or more non-profit/charitable donees/recipients by said consulting service provider;
tracking the hours of management/technology consulting services remaining in said basket using an accounting system maintained by said consulting service provider; and
reporting all results of said management/technology consulting services to said donor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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