Victoria Heller wrote:
> Anyone who wants to keep TAX EXEMPT organizations honest should know about > this website: www.guidestar.com. [In the Search box, type in Project 504, > for example] > > > $78,759 was spent for "compensation, pension plan, payroll taxes" for two > officers: Greg Luce and Joan Resner. $2,283 was spent for "specific > assistance to individuals." This is just another non-profit that uses the > "50 for me, 1 for you" disbursement plan. I wrote about www.guidestar.com on this list a number of months back, in response to folks who were critical of non-profits' apparent "secrecy." In any event, I'm glad it's coming to light again. The numbers quoted are accurate, of course, but only present a minimal picture. The $2,283 was for "specific assistance," which in this case was putting two families up in hotels because the units they were in had 1. a two by two hole in the bathroom ceiling, where waste water dripped down on them from above, and 2. had no kitchen, the walls having fallen in. That's the only time I recall we've doled out actual funds specifically to assist families. In all cases, it's the work that we do that assists the families, not the money doled out, except in the frequent cases where we've used our personal funds, which in 2000 was about $36,000 for each of us, a small amount for a lawyer with a mortgage-sized student loan. Gregory Luce Project 504--Minneapolis St. Paul TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
