Verdict: Status: an archived capture of the relaunched donate.html (11 June 2026) shows both EINs on the same page — 85-3455940 in the trust strip, 82-1536804 in the footer tax-deductibility notice. The live site, behind a Cloudflare challenge, has not been re-checked since. Evidence needed: a public statement reconciling the two numbers.
“Trust strip: "EIN 85-3455940" — Footer: "MARICI is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are tax-deductible in the US. EIN: 82-1536804"” — marici.org/donate.html (archived 2026-06-11) [source] [archived]
Current status
As of the last available check (11 June 2026, via the Wayback Machine), the relaunched donate.html displayed two different EINs on the same page: EIN 85-3455940 in the US trust strip and EIN 82-1536804 in the footer tax-deductibility notice. The mismatched number, 85-3455940, cannot be matched to any nonprofit in the IRS exempt organizations database. The live site is currently behind a Cloudflare challenge and has not been re-verified since 11 June 2026.
June 2026 relaunch: both EINs on one page
A Wayback Machine capture of marici.org/donate.html, dated 11 June 2026, records a relaunched, static version of the donation page carrying three EIN-bearing elements:
- The US trust strip:
EIN 85-3455940 - The footer tax-deductibility notice: “MARICI is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are tax-deductible in the US. EIN: 82-1536804”
- The page’s own script, which sets the trust-strip value for a US visitor to
EIN 85-3455940and separately records a Canadian charity number,82732 5150 RR0001
This is the same discrepancy first observed in May 2026, on a page that had, in the interim (as of 1 June 2026), shown only the matching EIN.
Documentation request
For full transparency we have asked Marici to confirm whether two separate EINs were ever in circulation on donor-facing materials and, if so, what donations made under the unmatched EIN have been classified as for IRS tax-deductibility purposes. No response received.