As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14961640

We’re excited to announce the Board of Directors governing this newly formed entity:

Esra’a Al Shafei is a human rights advocate and founder of Majal.org

Karien Bezuidenhout is an advocate for openness and supporter of social entrepreneurs.

Amir Ghavi leads Fried Frank’s core technology practices as the co-head of the Technology Transactions Practice

Felix Hlatky has been the Chief Financial Officer of Mastodon since 2020.

Biz Stone is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Twitter, one of the world’s leading social media platforms.

  • candyman337@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Welp, don’t like that. US nonprofit is a huge misnomer. For the most part they’re used by the wealthy to create businesses that don’t need to pay taxes.

    Edit: Not sure why I’m getting mass downvotes. The non profit system in America is where the wealthy go to create tax free income. The CEOs of non profits still get huge salaries. Just seems out of line with the vision of a true non profit IMO. That’s why I call it a misnomer. Non profits are almost never set up to do what they actually say they are trying to do. They’re often just created to get public favor and money laundering.