On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Bod Notbod wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The prior question is, where did the money come from? I can't seem >> to >> figure out what the Google Fund at the Tides Foundation is... > > It does seem slightly opaque. > > A small amount of digging suggests that Google gives money to here: > > http://www.tides.org/index.php > > ...which then releases it again on Google's say so. Maybe. My only > evidence for this is really: > > http://bit.ly/d5I3PD
This response is drawn from my previous knowledge of the Tides Foundation, and no particular knowledge of how Google is using them: In my experience in the past, the Tides Foundation manages a charitable fund for an entity. Essentially, the entity gives money to this fund, and then says "Hey, these people are doing good work, let's help them do more of it..."; Tides then goes through and handles the legal due diligence and the paperworky stuff that no one really wants to do. :-) Philippe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
