2009/4/27 Dahsun <dah...@yahoo.com>: > > In reply to Andrew's comment as to wheher charitable status was a "worthwhile > investment of their time and energy" > > Of course we are all volunteers, and this may sound rich coming from someone > who chose a barbecue in London over the AGM. But there are several reasons > why we want charitable status, the tax advantage of being able to reclaim > income tax on donations is considerable and IMHO justifies the hassle of > Wikimedia having a formal UK operation. > > But there's also a lot of extra credibility that you get from being a > registered charity - many doors are open to a registered charity that would > otherwise be closed. > > So I would hope that the new board would make the attaining of charitable > status one of their top objectives.
I agree. Even if it doesn't reduce our donations (which seems extremely unlikely - people don't generally donate to non-charities) then we still lose a significant amount of gift aid. Other organisations are also going to be far more likely to partner with a charity than a non-charity. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
