On 8/28/2011 9:00 PM, Victor Vasiliev wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Nathan<nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Which activities are these? > Copyright and internet law lobbying. This is incorrect. The foundation can engage in lobbying under US regulations if it wishes. Restrictions on lobbying by nonprofits are a limitation in degree, not a prohibition. Lobbying simply cannot be too significant a portion of the nonprofit's activities. If a nonprofit does engage in lobbying, the IRS has various tests that can be applied to determine if its tax exemption is jeopardized.
The reason for the popular misconception is that most nonprofits avoid lobbying altogether out of an abundance of caution. What the foundation actually cannot do is contribute to political candidates or support partisan activities, those are categorically prohibited. --Michael Snow _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
