[Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

Fri May 15 01:50:34 UTC 2009

Hi,

The donations in-kind refer to donated internet hosting costs and legal 
fees.  In our 07-08 audit report, we discuss the volunteer contribution 
but did not attempt to quantify it in terms of a dollar value.  We are 
investigating how best to reflect this in next year's audit report.

I don't know much about Part III, question 1 so I look forward to 
hearing from the community.

In terms of affiliates, can you please point me to the specific 
line/lines you are looking at so I am sure to answer the question correctly.

Veronique

effe iets anders wrote:
> Hi Veronique,
>
> thanks for posting this. In Part VI, question 82b, it is mentioned that
> 333,125 USD was donated in kind. Can you confirm that this does not include
> the volunteer contributions to Wikipedia? (assume not, or at least hope that
> it's not valued that low ;-) )
>
> A more general question for anyone who knows: Part III, question 1 mentions
> whether the org. tried to influence politics. Does anyone know 1) what this
> includes (only US politics or also foreign, also mission related lobbying
> (free licenses for example) or only general R/D lobbying) and 2) whether
> answering Yes would make any difference to the tax status etc for the WMF?
> (just interested :) )
>
> The document asks about affiliates. When, according to the IRS, is an
> organization an "affiliate"?
>
> Thanks!
>
> eia
>
> 2009/5/13 Veronique Kessler <vkessler at wikimedia.org>
>
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>> Dear All,
>>
>> Please note that the 2007 Form 990 which covers fiscal year July 1, 2007
>> through June 30, 2008 has been posted to the Wikimedia Foundation
>> website at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:WMF_2008_Form_990.pdf
>>
>> Also posted are questions and answers which can be found at:
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Form_2007_Questions_and_Answers
>>
>> Of course I am available to answer questions as well.
>>
>> Veronique
>>
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