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Andrei, This is splendid news for the purveying of the D Programming language. The question is though: this covers the USA what about the Rest of the World? For the language itself it is almost irrelevant where the owning foundation is located as long as it is a charitable venture in its jusridiction of incorporation. However for financial issues, the jurisdiction is critical. Getting USA-wide charitable status is great, well-done on that, particularly in the context of the atitude of IRS to charitable foundations a couple of years ago. However the EU and other parts of the world will not be covered by this, and I am not sure there is any form of reciprocal arrangement. On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 13:03 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars- d-announce wrote: > We're happy to report that the D Language Foundation is now a public > charity operating under US Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). > The > decision is retroactive to September 23, 2015. > > This has wide-ranging implications, the most important being that > individuals and organizations may make tax deductible bequests, > devises, > transfers, or gifts to the Foundation. We will mull over defining > donation and sponsorship packages in the near future. If interesting > in > donating spontaneously, feel free to reach out to us via email at > foundation@dlang.org. > > Many thanks are due to the folks in this community who asked for and supported this initiative. > > > > Thanks, > > Andrei -- Russel. ========== ========== ========== ========= ========== ========= ========== ========= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.winder@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: russel@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder