Chrisser, I’m not the person you addressed. I’ve never heard or read of any tax advantage to running Folding@Home. I realize that running these programs cost money in higher electrical use, especially if you are running video cards 24/7. You might want to check out the f@h boards or ask their admin directly.
There have been numerous scientific articles written based on the results. Advances have been made. Not looking for aliens here. Tell your boss it WILL, someday, save lives.....possibly their own.
Thanks for the info.
Did a little digging. Seems no one’s been able to find a way to find a IRS-friendly way to deduct the costs. Pity.
I’m going to make a case for it. However, my company is a member-supported organization - a C-corp that operates as a not-for-profit. So we, as employees/staff are really operating this equipment on behalf of thousands of members.
Makes it a little dicey to donate equipment that others technically collectively own, especially since there’s always the possibility of adverse effects (although it looks like Stanford’s done a good job of mitigating those).
Without the financial incentive, it’ll probably have to go through the board as an entirely altruistic option. If there’s a way to schedule the program, I may have an easier case - I’d turn it off during business hours and then back on during slow times so there was no possibility of interference.
Perhaps if we can wrap it in a little PR campaign, we’d have an easier time of it.