[foundation-board] Fwd: ED Certified l Open Knowledge Foundation

Tue Oct 10 10:55:42 UTC 2017

Wonderful news!

On 10 Oct 2017 7:07 am, "Mark Gibbs" <mark.gibbs at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> It gives me great pleasure to forward this email from NGOSoirce, over the
> last weeks Michelle, Paul and I have been working to reverse a decision
> that NGOSource made just over two years ago.  Last night I had the last
> call with Kevin and his team, he then announces that they had decided to
> grant us with Charitable Equivalency, please see the email below.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Mark Gibbs
>
> *From:* Kevin Ryan <kryan at techsoupglobal.org>
> *Date:* 10 October 2017 at 01:10:48 BST
> *To:* Mark Gibbs <mark.gibbs at okfn.org>, Michelle Heydon <
> michelle.heydon at okfn.org>
> *Cc:* NGOS_accountsupport <accountsupport at ngosource.org>
> *Subject:* *ED Certified l Open Knowledge Foundation*
>
> Dear Mark and  Michelle,
>
>
>
> Thank you for your responsiveness to NGOsource’s ED process. We are
> pleased to inform you that we have completed our analysis, and were able to
> certify that your organization is equivalent to a U.S. public organization.
> An ED certificate for your organization is available in the NGOsource
> repository, and immediately available to our member grantmakers for a small
> processing fee (and with no further effort on your part).
>
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> *Open Knowledge Foundation’s Equivalency Determination certification is
> valid through December 31, 2018.*
>
>
>
> We appreciate your time and hope this ED facilitates greater support for
> your organization (see attached). Please note that the ED certificate is
> not available for organizations at this time, therefore, please utilize the
> attached document for your records.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
>
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> *Kevin Ryan*
> *Director of Operations:  NGOsource   :  TechSoup*
> *kryan at techsoup.org <kryan at techsoup.org> *| *www.ngosource.org
> <http://www.ngosource.org/>* | www.techsoup.org
> O: +1.415.633.9326 <(415)%20633-9326>  M:  +1.843.480.7538
> <(843)%20480-7538>
>
> Skype: kevin.ryan.81
>
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