The San Francisco - based company said in a regulatory filing on Friday it would sell 25.7 million Class A common shares,
while selling stockholder Start Small Foundation, a charitable fund created by Dorsey, would sell about 1.35 million.
Governments and non-profits are typically prohibited from
selling their equity; if a government
sold stock it would basically be taxing everyone and then paying back
stockholders,
while non-profit organizations have no profits to pay out as dividends.