GOOGLE.ORG

'Google.org' is the charitable arm of Internet search engine company Google.
It lists its mission as helping with global poverty, energy and the environment. It is a for-profit charity, which means it is taxable. This also allows them to lobby and fund beneficial commercial sector initiatives. The organization has made $7 million in investments and grants as of September 15, 2006. Google has given the organization a starting fund of 1 billion dollars.
Among its first projects is to develop a viable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can attain 100 mpg (see vehicle-to-grid).^[1]
The director as of 2007 is Dr. Larry Brilliant.^[2]

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Google Foundation

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Google Foundation

Google.org is legally separate from the 'Google Foundation'. The foundation was founded earlier, with Google's help and with similar stated goals, and is a non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
Its board consists of Brilliant, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and Google vice-president Sheryl Sandberg. The two officer positions, besides Brilliant's as executive director, are both held by Gregory Miller, Google.org's Senior Advisor & Chief of Investments.
Google contributes services of some of its own employees to the foundation's work. It funded the foundation with $90 million late in 2005, but does not plan further funding.

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★ Google.org

★ Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual

★ Slashdot, Google.org, a For-Profit Charity