[Foundation-l] Foundation vs. charity

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

MZMcBride, 26/04/2011 21:22:
> From a "New York Times" blog post about the use of the word "foundation"
> versus the use of the word "charity":

Something to consider is that the WMF has a global audience. In Italian, 
for instance, a translation for "charity" doesn't even exist: all 
foundations are non-profit, have tax exemption etc.; there's no 
distinction in Italy between "public" and "charitable" foundation.
By the way, English Wikipedia articles on the topic are very confusing.

Nemo