Business Software Alliance

trade group established by Microsoft Corporation
Organization pressure_group Q852297
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Business Software Alliance was founded in 1988 . It operates as a 501(c)(6) organization [1].

Business Software Alliance

Summary

Business Software Alliance is a pressure group[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (pressure_group category, ranking #31 of 98).[2]

Key Facts

  • Business Software Alliance is in the country of United States[3].
  • Business Software Alliance's instance of is recorded as pressure group[4].
  • Business Software Alliance's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[5].
  • Business Software Alliance's logo image is recorded as Bsa-logo.png[6].
  • Business Software Alliance's ISNI is recorded as 0000000103875740[7].
  • Business Software Alliance's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155230649[8].
  • Business Software Alliance's GND ID is recorded as 1086054393[9].
  • Business Software Alliance's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr98037518[10].
  • +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Business Software Alliance[11].
  • Business Software Alliance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019v5v[12].
  • Business Software Alliance's official website is recorded as http://www.bsa.org/[13].
  • Business Software Alliance's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 06-1242574[14].
  • Business Software Alliance's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(6) organization[15].
  • Business Software Alliance's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BSA'}[16].
  • Business Software Alliance's X is recorded as BSAnews[17].
  • Business Software Alliance's Facebook username is recorded as BSATheSoftwareAlliance[18].
  • Business Software Alliance's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+30'}[19].
  • Business Software Alliance's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+48'}[20].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+21981005'}[21].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+26344956'}[22].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+25889829'}[23].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+62617200'}[24].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+68080352'}[25].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+60002607'}[26].
  • Business Software Alliance's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+61771812'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Business Software Alliance[11].

Identity

Business Software Alliance's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BSA'}[16].

Why It Matters

Business Software Alliance draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (pressure_group category, ranking #31 of 98).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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