>>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
There isn't any "rule" more a suggested guideline with respect to "On second reference". Foundation is not a legal term; a charitable exemption could be granted to either a trust or a corporation. If it is "founded" a corporation might be funded by a trust established by the founder. However; there a sense in which Jimmy Wales founded and funded the Wikimedia Foundation, but not with vast funds. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
