Wall Street Protesters Consider Filing for Charity Status After Raising Funds

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With bare-bones organization, Occupy Wall Street Raised more than $450,000 from donors in its first month.

By Lisa Chiu

New York

Occupy Wall Street protesters are proud of their lack of organizational structure. But as the demonstration approaches its third month and donations of cash and goods pour in, the people gathered in Zuccotti Park are now trying to figure out how to sustain momentum without giving up their anti-establishment spirit.

The protest against the disparity in wealth in the United States and corporate greed has, perhaps ironically, become a fund-raising machine, attracting $454,000 from more