In a message dated 12/10/2010 6:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, zvandijk@googlemail.com writes:
It is difficult to say how many people refuse to donate to Wikimedia because they want to donate to Wikipedia. People should know that you can't donate to a website itself but only to the institution behind it. You also can't sue "Ebay the website", only "Ebay the company". >>
However like all fund-accounting, you can donate to a fund set-aside exclusively for items related to WikiPedia, and not for any other WikiMedia activity.
I would be very surprised if a non-profit were not using fund accounting as their accounting system.
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