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The '''Appropedia Foundation''' is the organization which manages the Appropedia website, provides leadership on the promotion of the project, and supports associated projects.<ref>The Foundation actively supports related projects in open knowledge, sustainability, development and service learning in related areas. This is done on an informal basis - there are currently no formal projects or associated projects, apart from the Appropedia wiki site and blog.</ref>
{{Organization data
| type = Nonprofit organization
| founded = 2006
| founders = User:Lonny
| site = https://www.appropedia.org
| active = Yes
| member-of = Open Sustainability Network
| location = California, United States
}}


'''Directors''':
The '''Appropedia Foundation''' is the organization that manages the Appropedia website, provides leadership on the promotion of projects, and actively supports related projects in open knowledge, sustainability, development, and service-learning in related areas.
{|
 
|''name'' || ''username'' || ''brief bio'' || ''location'' || ''
The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization and has 501(c)(3) status under United States law. The Foundation's Federal EIN (Tax ID) is 20-8982657.
 
== Board of directors ==
 
{{Main|Appropedia:Board of Directors}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Username
! Brief bio
! Location
|-
|-
|Lonny Grafman || ([[User:Lonny|Lonny]]) || Instructor at Humboldt State University || (Arcata, California)
| Lonny Grafman
| [[User:Lonny]]
| Instructor at Cal Poly Humboldt
| Arcata, California
|-
|-
|Chris Watkins || ([[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]]) || Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer || (West Java, Indonesia and Sydney, Australia)
| Chris Watkins
| [[User:Chriswaterguy]]
| Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer
| West Java, Indonesia, and Sydney, Australia
|-
|-
|Curt Beckmann || ([[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]) || Engineering development manager and entrepreneur || (Los Gatos, California)
| Curt Beckmann
| [[User:Curtbeckmann]]
| Engineering development manager and entrepreneur
| Los Gatos, California
|-
|-
|Andrew Lamb || ([[User:Andrew.lamb|Andrew.lamb]]) || CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO || (London, UK)
| Andrew Lamb
| [[User:Andrew.lamb]]
| Internet of Production; Field Ready; former CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO.
| London, UK
|-
|-
|Joel Scott || ([[User:Joel.scott|Joel.scott]] || Attorney || (Bay Area, California)
| Emilio Velis
| [[User:Emilio]]
| Industrial engineer
| San Salvador, El Salvador
|-
|-
|'''Past directors''':
! colspan="4"|Former directors
|-
|-
|Catherine Laine || ([[User:Claine1|Claine1]]) || Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group || (Boston, Massachusetts)
| Catherine Laine
| [[User:Claine1]]
| Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group
| Boston, Massachusetts
|-
|-
|Mohamed Ramadan Saed || ([[User:CityOfSiver|CityOfSilver]]) || Water engineer || (Langley, British Columbia) 
| Joel Scott
| [[User:Joel.scott]]
| Attorney
| Bay Area, California
|}
|}
For more details see '''[[Appropedia:Board of Directors]]'''.
== Details ==
The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization and has 501(c)(3){{w|501(c)(3)}} status under United States law. The Foundation's Federal EIN (Tax ID) is 20-8982657.
== Announcements ==
''Via the [http://blogs.appropedia.org/ Appropedia Blog]'':
<rss number=8 title=off>http://blogs.appropedia.org/tag/announcements/feed/</rss>
* ''[http://blogs.appropedia.org/tag/announcements/ More announcements]''
* ''[http://blogs.appropedia.org/ All Appropedia blog posts]''
==Notes==
<small><references/></small>


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Appropedia:About|About Appropedia]]
* [[Appropedia:About]]
 


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{{Page data
| keywords = npo
}}


[[Category:Sustainability organizations]]
[[Category:Sustainability organizations]]
[[Category:About Appropedia]]
[[Category:Appropedia Foundation]]

Latest revision as of 15:27, 8 August 2023

FA info icon.svg Angle down icon.svg Organization data
Type Nonprofit organization
Founded 2006
Founders Lonny Grafman
Location California, United States
Site appropedia.org
Green hosting Yes
Active Yes
Member of Open Sustainability Network
Impact 15,543

The Appropedia Foundation is the organization that manages the Appropedia website, provides leadership on the promotion of projects, and actively supports related projects in open knowledge, sustainability, development, and service-learning in related areas.

The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization and has 501(c)(3) status under United States law. The Foundation's Federal EIN (Tax ID) is 20-8982657.

Board of directors[edit | edit source]

Name Username Brief bio Location
Lonny Grafman User:Lonny Instructor at Cal Poly Humboldt Arcata, California
Chris Watkins User:Chriswaterguy Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer West Java, Indonesia, and Sydney, Australia
Curt Beckmann User:Curtbeckmann Engineering development manager and entrepreneur Los Gatos, California
Andrew Lamb User:Andrew.lamb Internet of Production; Field Ready; former CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO. London, UK
Emilio Velis User:Emilio Industrial engineer San Salvador, El Salvador
Former directors
Catherine Laine User:Claine1 Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group Boston, Massachusetts
Joel Scott User:Joel.scott Attorney Bay Area, California

See also[edit | edit source]

FA info icon.svg Angle down icon.svg Page data
Keywords npo
Authors Chris Watkins
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Translations Spanish, Serbian
Related 2 subpages, 70 pages link here
Aliases Appropedia:Appropedia Foundation, The Appropedia Foundation, Appropedia.org
Impact 1,954 page views
Created May 1, 2007 by Chris Watkins
Modified August 8, 2023 by Emilio Velis
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