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In 2005, the Foundation was granted section 501(c)(3) status by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code as a public charity, making donations to the Foundation tax-deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes. [17] Its National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code is B60 (Adult, Continuing education). [18] [19]
Wikipedia and its fellow sites are hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in the United States. Sites like Google or Yahoo are hosted on thousands of servers, with thousands of employees; we have around 800 servers and around 350 staff, and cover our costs through donations—almost all from members of the public.
Charity fraud, also known as a donation scam, is the act of using deception to obtain money from people who believe they are donating to a charity.Often, individuals or groups will present false information claiming to be a charity or associated with one, and then ask potential donors for contributions to this non-existent charity.
Based in San Francisco, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is a nonprofit charitable organization incorporated in the United States of America, that is registrant of the domain wikipedia.org, owner of the trademark and operator of the wiki platform. [1]
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Wikipedia donations can refer to: Donating to the Wikimedia Foundation; Wikipedia:Contact us - Donors; Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials; Wikipedia:Donated artwork; Wikipedia:Donation appeal ideas
A note on the separate status of the Wikimedia Endowment. The Wikimedia Endowment, held from 2016 to 2023 by the Tides Foundation and now a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is not and has never been included in Wikimedia Foundation assets, even though Wikimedia Foundation fundraising staff solicit donations to the Endowment and the Wikimedia Foundation itself made donations to the Endowment.
An organization must meet certain requirements set forth in the code. Some organizations must also file a request with the Internal Revenue Service to gain status as a tax-exempt non-profit charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. A non-exhaustive list of organizations that may meet the Federal requirements are as follows: