# Verification of NGO Status

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## About

The IO Foundation is a nonprofit organization registered in Estonia under their [e-Residency program](https://www.e-resident.gov.ee/).

This document provides methods to verify the legal nonprofit status of The IO Foundation.

## **Direct Link**

The direct link to the Foundation's info page is:

<https://ariregister.rik.ee/ettevotja?lang=eng&id=9000220393>

## **Manual verification**

* Go to <https://ariregister.rik.ee/eng>
* Enter "The IO Foundation"
* Press Search
* Click on the entry

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**PLEASE NOTE**

1. The nonprofit status of the organization
2. Being a recently founded organization we do not have VAT yet (we do not qualify yet to be VAT-liable under Estonian Law)
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