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You could spin up a large number of ArchiveTeam warrior images
Are they a 501(c)(3)? If the OP's marginal combined tax rate is, say 50%, then donating $8k in credits would be like $4k in their pocket. EDIT: Of course OP should talk to an accountant first. . . .
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Do you plan to follow up when you've made a decision?
op: i planned to, but up till now everyone is either telling me to donate the transfer to an ongoing project (ignoring the fact they only get to use it in August) or stuff people want 'to start' building or want me to start doing. Still no solid lucrative suggestions, do you have a favourite suggestion here ?
It's ready to rock and roll right this minute.
security FTW.
-Alex alexgoodell@gmail.com
Amazon was generous enough to give you the credit trying to help your company, and in general is extremely helpful to the startup community as a whole with AWS credits. Maybe you should just give it back to them so they continue to be so kind in the future. (On the other hand, the main reason AWS gives out these credits is to get startups hooked on AWS, then charge borderline outrageous prices once the credit is done…
(former AWS employee) You can't give the credits back or transfer them to another account (at least not in a short period of time). Best to spend them. There's just no infrastructure to support that scenario.