Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Charity or foundation?

The Washington Post called the world's largest private foundation a charity today. Seriously, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things... but also a fairly simple distinction.

Interesting how the terms "foundation" and "charity" are seemingly interchangeable, when they represent two very different types of entities. I suppose the foundation community might have spurred this on a bit by referring to grant-making public charities as "public foundations."

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