The Distributed Proofreaders Foundation (DPF) is the legal entity through which the Distributed Proofreaders website and volunteer organization is governed and supported. The official title of the Foundation is Distributed Proofreaders Foundation, Inc. It is a 501(c)3 tax exempt public charity. The tax id. or EIN Number is 20-4682326 and donations are tax exempt under US Law. The mission of the Distributed Proofreaders Foundation is to govern and support Distributed Proofreaders (https://www.pgdp.net), a supportive community of volunteers, in its mission to preserve written works, primarily books, that are in the Public Domain in the United States by converting them into high-quality, freely available digital transcriptions.