Without wanting to put too fine a point on it, I want to put forward the idea that "fundraising" without actually having a legally constituted non-profit organization, while not necessarily illegal, can have some very complicated legal ramifications. For instance, in Michigan(since someone posted a link to Senator Stabenow's website) even if the organization you are soliciting donations for is a non-profit--if you raise more than $8000 in a year, you must have a lisense.

I am not sure how the law (and the IRS) view ongoing fundraising for Max--but all involved in it should make it a point of finding out, before soliciting money. When you collect money for Mudcat, , the way that it is legally constituted will very much become your business--whether you want it to or not--