>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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
