{"id":8415,"key":"Appropedia_Foundation","title":"Appropedia Foundation","latest":{"id":1224765,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T01:32:30Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Organization data\n| type = Nonprofit organization\n| founded = 2006\n| founders = User:Lonny\n| website = https://www.appropedia.org\n| active = Yes\n| member-of = Open Sustainability Network\n| location = California, United States\n}}\n\nThe '''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.\n\nThe 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.\n\n== Board of directors ==\n\n{{Main|Appropedia:Board of Directors}}\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\"\n! Name\n! Username\n! Brief bio\n! Location\n|-\n| Lonny Grafman\n| [[User:Lonny]]\n| Instructor at Cal Poly Humboldt\n| Arcata, California\n|-\n| Chris Watkins\n| [[User:Chriswaterguy]]\n| Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer\n| West Java, Indonesia, and Sydney, Australia\n|-\n| Curt Beckmann\n| [[User:Curtbeckmann]]\n| Engineering development manager and entrepreneur\n| Los Gatos, California\n|-\n| Andrew Lamb\n| [[User:Andrew.lamb]]\n| Internet of Production; Field Ready; former CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO.\n| London, UK\n|-\n| Emilio Velis\n| [[User:Emilio]]\n| Industrial engineer\n| San Salvador, El Salvador\n|-\n! colspan=\"4\"|Former directors\n|-\n| Catherine Laine\n| [[User:Claine1]]\n| Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group\n| Boston, Massachusetts\n|-\n| Joel Scott\n| [[User:Joel.scott]]\n| Attorney\n| Bay Area, California\n|}\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Appropedia:About]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = npo\n| description = Appropedia presents its mission to share open knowledge for sustainability through global work. Read more now.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Sustainability organizations]]\n[[Category:Appropedia Foundation]]"}