Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Payment for Commonhouse use

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

Ask you tax people, but I am betting you can suggest a voluntary donation to a 
nonprofit without prompting tax or insurance consequences. (I’d love to hear 
what you learn).

liz

Liz Ryan Cole
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802.274.1511 Mobile

Planning Commission, Thetford, VT
Pinnacle Project Cohousing
Loch Lyme Lodge and Cabins, Lyme, NH

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire 
to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White


> On Feb 14, 2026, at 12:08 PM, Bonnie Fergusson via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
> [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> We do not allow events where people must pay a fee for this very reason.  
> Insurance costs are our biggest expense as it is.  Bonnie
> 
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> On Saturday, February 14, 2026, 6:48 AM, Ruth Hirsch <heidinys [at] 
> earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear CoHo Neighbors,
> 
> This question has come up for us:
> 
> We would be glad to have our neighbor [ie, a Cohouser]  use the Commonhouse 
> to hold workshops.
> The. neighbor  would charge a fee for attending the workshops.  
> Someone raised the question of whether this impacts our insurance.
> A call to our insurer revealed that if someone makes a profit for the use of 
> the Commonhouse it would change the status of the Commonhouse ie, our cost 
> will go up.  
> 
> Do you have events in your Commonhouse for which people pay a fee?
> ?If/How are you doing this?
> 
> Thank you for all input,
> 
> Ruth
> Cantines Island
> A Family Friendly Community in the beautiful Hudson Valley
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