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From: <char.ayers@att.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:20:08 +0000
To: Charlene Ayers <char.ayers@att.net>
Subject: Where's the $$: Guidestar: Don't Take Chances - Identify Supporting Organizations
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From: xxxxx
To: <char.ayers@att.net>
Subject: RE: Guidestar: Don't Take Chances - Identify Supporting Organizations
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:37:46 +0000
Charlene
California passed a Non-Profit Integrity Act in 2004 that authorized regulation of non-profits by the Attorney General. The AG did set-up a website that Ranters might find interesting at http://ag.ca.gov/charities/index.php. Problem is that the Œsearch function‚ to obtain information on non-profit tax returns, etc. doesn‚t work (and the website refers parties to GuideStar - which charges a fee - as a first source of information).
By law, non-profits must make annual filings with the AG‚s Registry of Charitable Trusts and pay a fee; which is supposed to subsidize a system of information access for public use.
According to the AG website, there are 150,000 registered charitable trusts in California. At a median filing fee of $125 per year fee, it would seem that over $15 million is raised annually to operate the AG‚s website for trusts, including a public access search feature. As with a lot of other stuff in this state, the money seems to go in to Sacramento but the prepaid service isn‚t available.
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Subject: Don't Take Chances - Identify Supporting Organizations
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:05:12 +0000
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