[Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

[Thomas Dalton]

2008/11/27 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> 2008/11/27 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>
>>> "Wikipedia is a charity" ?
>
>> People always say "non-profit" when describing WMF, is it a charity?
>> The two terms are different. (In the UK, the WMF would probably be
>> considered charitable, I don't know what the requirements are in the
>> US.)
>
>
> The bottom of every page on en:wp says it's a charity!
>
> (I put that text there, after precise phrasing was worked out on the
> comcom list. If it's wrong we should change it ...)

And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says "nonprofit charitable
organization". I don't know why people generally say "non-profit"
instead of "charity", then - charity would be more precise and would
probably be better perceived.