Because of this article and comments here, I went to look at what w3c membership, and donations look like.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Consortium&#x2F;fees?countryCode=US&amp;quarter=04-01&amp;year=2016#results" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Consortium&#x2F;fees?countryCode=US&amp;quarter=04...</a><p>Ultimately the w3c is doing something that is in the best interest of its participants and NOT in the interest of users, or consumers.<p>In this document ( <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Consortium&#x2F;Process&#x2F;Process-19991111&#x2F;background.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Consortium&#x2F;Process&#x2F;Process-19991111&#x2F;backgr...</a> ) the w3c claims:<p><i>&quot;W3C is a non-profit organization funded partly by commercial members. Its activities remain vendor neutral, however.&quot;</i><p>Yet I can find no US IRS 990, or foreign equivalent.<p>Fundamentally this structure doesn&#x27;t look like a non profit. It also doesn&#x27;t look like it has the best interests of the community (us) as a whole in mind. IANAL but I have to wonder if it is possible to challenge the w3c on its continued use of &quot;non-profit&quot;. I also wonder if there is a way to put pressure on them to allow non profit orgianzations free access to these committees outside of collecting a fee from them, as it strikes me as an un-needed burden.