[Foundation-l] Foundation vs. charity

[MZMcBride]

>From a "New York Times" blog post about the use of the word "foundation"
versus the use of the word "charity":

> Some charities, however, have the word "Foundation" in their official
> names. Examples of these are the Yele Haiti Foundation, the New York
> Foundation for the Arts, the William J. Clinton Foundation and the
> Wikimedia Foundation. Despite their names, all of them are charities;
> they rely on donations from others to sustain themselves and the programs
> and services they offer. On second reference, any one of them should be
> referred to as a "charity," not a "foundation."

Source: http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/phrases-gone-astray-2/

It appears that nobody appears to actually follow this rule (including the
"New York Times"), but I find the nuance interesting. I imagine one would
perform better than the other during fundraising; perhaps there's hard data
on that.

MZMcBride