[Foundation-l] Mission & Vision statement updated

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 4/27/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There is actually, at least under U.S. law, a definition of "public
> > charity", which is the category the Wikimedia Foundation falls under,
> > and such charities must dedicate themselves to "public purposes", which
> > have some more detailed definitions but would almost certainly not
> > include a "caviar for aristocrats" purpose.  So of course the Foundation
> > could not change its purpose from that of a public charity to something
> > not a public charity without compromising its current status.  But the
> > question is whether *any* change needs to be vetted in advance by the
> > IRS to verify that this hasn't happened, which is a separate matter.
>
> That's as may be (I don't believe that's the case under UK law, which
> is what I was going by, but US law could well be different), but it
> doesn't really make any difference. If I donate money to a charity,
> they cannot use that money to do something I haven't given permission
> for, however charitable it may be. If I donate to a charity to provide
> fun activities for children aged 7-10 and they let 11 year olds in, I
> can sue.
>
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