On 28/11/06, Sebastian Moleski <sebmol(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/28/06, David Monniaux
<David.Monniaux(a)free.fr> wrote:
An email on OTRS suggests the Wikimedia Foundation should be on the list
of charities of this system.
I'm unsure we can apply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Federal_Campaign
This seems like an interesting source of donations to pursue. As to
eligibility, from what I read, Wikimedia should fall under the eligibility
criteria (provided they are up to par on the usual paperwork required of
charities). I've looked at the list of organizations (
http://www.cfctoday.org/federations/index.html) that are currently part of
the program. Among them were several who in whole or part have education as
one of their goals so I don't see why Wikimedia could not be eligible.
I'm unsure quite what "demonstrate that they provide or conduct real
services, benefits, assistance or program activities in [geographic
areas]" might mean - online-only projects which don't give physical
charitable donations might get a bit misplaced under a strict reading
of this.
I suppose there's nothing to be lost in sounding it out.
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- Andrew Gray
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