Has PETA Funneled More Money to Domestic Terrorist Groups?

Sierra Times ^

[Sir Gawain]

	Has PETA Funneled More Money to Domestic Terrorist Groups? ( PETA Exposed for Reporting Irregularities to the IRS) Report by Sierra Times Published 05. 2. 02 at 10:42 Sierra Time

Bellevue, Washington - The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE) exposed new irregularities in IRS charitable group reporting by the embattled Norfolk, VA-based animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Wednesday. The irregularities involve PETA’s failure to identify recipients of monetary grants and donations for two consecutive years during the late 1990s. CDFE’s findings form the basis of a new complaint, filed today with the IRS, urging the agency to revoke PETA’s privileged non-profit tax exempt status. The complaint cites PETA’s non-disclosure of grant and donation recipients in the group’s IRS Form 990s for fiscal year(s) ending in 1997 and 1998. During this time frame, PETA reported income in excess of $25 million – but those who received PETA grants totaling nearly $1 million remain a mystery. This omission is conspicuous, as PETA revealed its funding of other groups in its tax filings for the years prior to 1997 and following 1998. Its discovery also follows recent news surrounding PETA’s $1,500 contribution to the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF), classified by the FBI as a domestic terrorist organization. Ironically, PETA’s grant to the ELF was revealed in its own FYE 2001 IRS Form 990. "Grant and donation disclosure by non-profit organizations is required by law," stated Ron Arnold, CDFE’s Executive Vice President. "PETA has denied the tax-paying public – as well as PETA’s own financial supporters – the ability to verify the group’s funds were not used to finance additional terrorist enterprises. Because of these and other irregularities, we urge the IRS to revoke PETA’s privileged tax exempt status." In March 2002, CDFE filed a separate 14 page complaint with IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti, alleging that PETA’s pattern of unlawful activity made it ineligible to operate and exist as a tax-exempt organization.

[no-s]

Memorial bump for People Eating Tasty Animals....

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

we urge the IRS to revoke PETA’s privileged tax exempt status

I have been screaming this for years, and I'm only 20!!!

[DrDavid]

Their full name should be PETA, EH People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Except Humans.

[Digger]

I remember. She was pathetic. They probably had no one better.

[Eva]

I didn't see that interview, but I have seen other interviews with PETA freaks. They always remind me of deer caught in the headlights, with that wide-eyed babbling and moronic smiling. I always get the feeling that they are on meth or something.