How does fundraising work with chapters and Foundation?
As separate legal entities, the Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation need to respect the laws of the countries they are in regarding the way they fundraise and what they do with the money raised. As such, it may be that a simple exchange of cash from one entity to the other is allowed or isn’t by the local tax authorities. In the end, all chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation share the same goal, that of promoting and supporting the Wikimedia projects. Chapters, like the Foundation, are bound by their bylaws to make sure that goal is achieved, their money must be spent towards that goal.
