I did bother looking. Why isn't it conspicuously declared on their website? For that matter, why are you averse to supporting your argument with links?
As for their bylaws, I did find those before I wrote my remarks above. Besides the fact that github is not exactly a standard place for posting corporate information, it still doesn't include things like the address of the Seattle offices.
The Bitcoin Foundation has not filed any documents with the SEC according to an SEC EDGAR search, nor can I find any existing IRS 990 record. I'm not a lawyer, and especially not a corporate lawyer, but I think you're required to file with those entities if you're a company and if you're claiming nonprofit status, respectively. Why haven't they done so, and why doesn't their website have any of that information available?
As for why the state of CA is involved, the fact that the BF has organized a conference in San Jose seems sufficient to establish minimum contact required to say that the company has operations in California.
::shrugs:: The bylaws github page is linked on the Bitcoin foundation's website.
> The Bitcoin Foundation has not filed any documents with the SEC according to an SEC EDGAR search, nor can I find any existing IRS 990 record. I'm not a lawyer, and especially not a corporate lawyer, but I think you're required to file with those entities if you're a company and if you're claiming nonprofit status, respectively
No. SEC only deals with publicly traded corporations, and only some non-profit organizations must file a 990. Bitcoin foundation hasn't existed long enough for any 990s to be publicly available in any case— they're filed a year behind and there is usually a year lag before anyone posts them.
As for their bylaws, I did find those before I wrote my remarks above. Besides the fact that github is not exactly a standard place for posting corporate information, it still doesn't include things like the address of the Seattle offices.
This is the entity data file with the Distict of Columbia: https://corp.dcra.dc.gov/BizEntity.aspx/ViewEntityData?entit... ...you may need to create an account to view this.
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=5431+41st+Pl+NW%2C+Wa...
The Bitcoin Foundation has not filed any documents with the SEC according to an SEC EDGAR search, nor can I find any existing IRS 990 record. I'm not a lawyer, and especially not a corporate lawyer, but I think you're required to file with those entities if you're a company and if you're claiming nonprofit status, respectively. Why haven't they done so, and why doesn't their website have any of that information available?
As for why the state of CA is involved, the fact that the BF has organized a conference in San Jose seems sufficient to establish minimum contact required to say that the company has operations in California.