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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Botany@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

Spreading Our Wings: iNaturalist is Now an Independent Nonprofit

www.inaturalist.org

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Spreading Our Wings: iNaturalist is Now an Independent Nonprofit

www.inaturalist.org

fossilesque@mander.xyz to Botany@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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We have exciting news! iNaturalist is now an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This is a big day for iNaturalist. Since launching in 2008, the iNaturalist team and organization has evolved, and we’re thrilled about this next milestone. iNaturalist began as a master’s project at the University of California, Berkeley, became a LLC, then joined the California Academy of Sciences in 2014. In 2017, iNaturalist became a joint initiative with the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Today, iNaturalist is now an independent, US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Over the past 15 years, the incredible contributions from the community have made iNaturalist into one of the world’s most powerful nature platforms.       So far, the iNaturalist community has: * Created over 145,000,000 verifiable observations (adding about 1 million per week!) * Grown to 2.7 million contributors * Observed more than 430,000 species We thank the California Academy of Sciences an...
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    Whoa.

    I’m not sure exactly what this means for us iNat users but this seems cool.

    Based on the article it seems they also got in a “generous grant” of funding to help them keep things going and developing.

    Oh here’s a FAQ.

    https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/spinoff_faq

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