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How is Cindy Sheehans GSFP a 501(C)(3) organization?
Gold Star Families for Peace ^ | 8/12/2005 | me

Posted on 08/12/2005 1:13:30 PM PDT by tbeatty

Go to their donations page and you will see that it claims 501(c)(3) status. This is reserved for charitable organizations, not political organizations. This should be a PAC or a 501(c)(4) at the very least. Is anyone investigating this? They should not be tax deductible.


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KEYWORDS: 501c3; cindysheehan; gsfp; sheehan
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1 posted on 08/12/2005 1:13:34 PM PDT by tbeatty
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To: tbeatty

what does she need $$ for?????


2 posted on 08/12/2005 1:14:47 PM PDT by berkley
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To: berkley

Food, clothing, you know... the things that the rest of us have a job to pay for.


3 posted on 08/12/2005 1:16:17 PM PDT by NYleatherneck
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To: berkley

So she can continue to dishonor her son's sacrifice.


4 posted on 08/12/2005 1:17:51 PM PDT by rocksblues (I support the war on terror)
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To: tbeatty

OOOOoo.. excellent point. someone pass this on to drudge.


5 posted on 08/12/2005 1:26:10 PM PDT by BoBToMatoE
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To: BoBToMatoE

If they are a 501c3 I should be able to look them up. will be back later.


6 posted on 08/12/2005 1:29:57 PM PDT by Lobbyist (I want my American dream!)
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To: berkley

To spend. I wish someone would just go ahead and dig out some good evidence of her former position on the subject - and how she was happy with her visit with GW - until there is now a paycheck available to say otherwise.

As I stated on another thread a week or so ago - it's about time for an investigation into her finances.


7 posted on 08/12/2005 1:30:27 PM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan)
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To: tbeatty

Why are Demokratic-front organizations like the NAACP, moveon.com and a crowd of other leftist groups given 501 (C) tax status while Free Republic, the NRA & other righteous groups are denied that status?
Tell me and we'll both know.


8 posted on 08/12/2005 1:30:29 PM PDT by tumblindice (OK, ma'am, you've had your 15 minutes: now, sit down and cork yourself.)
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To: tbeatty

A very good question. Good job.


9 posted on 08/12/2005 1:31:50 PM PDT by Peach
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To: tumblindice

The answer is quite simple and elegant (sarcasm intended)....

Leftist causes are "in the public interest", while conservative ideas are radical and anti-diversity. We just can't have conservative ideas spread freely.


10 posted on 08/12/2005 1:32:15 PM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan)
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To: tbeatty
Depending on how long they have been around you might find 990 dtaa on them at guidestar.org.

FYI, the nonprofits laws in America need to be significantly changed. Make "charities" be entities that actually help people again.

11 posted on 08/12/2005 1:40:26 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
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To: Lobbyist

They have not filed a 990 yet. I can't find where they are incorporated. Anyone know? Perhaps I missed something on the website.


12 posted on 08/12/2005 1:41:24 PM PDT by Lobbyist (I want my American dream!)
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To: tumblindice
"Why are Demokratic-front organizations like the NAACP, moveon.com and a crowd of other leftist groups given 501 (C) tax status while Free Republic, the NRA & other righteous groups are denied that status?"

I believe that you are what you register or claim to be. The IRS is responsible for enforcing the rules. Sometimes it takes a long time for things to be discovered and sometimes they are never discovered based on who is running what or what is politically expedient. This has always be a SOP I think.
13 posted on 08/12/2005 1:48:03 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: Lobbyist
They have not filed a 990 yet.

No 990, no EIN, right?

No EIN, no 501(c)(3) or any other kind of organization either.

14 posted on 08/12/2005 1:48:13 PM PDT by upchuck ("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: TheBattman

Well, that just blows then doesn't it?
Which institution should we take a walk through after we're done with the CIA & UN--I vote for the IRS (AKA Bill Clinton's personal `knee-cappers').


15 posted on 08/12/2005 1:50:00 PM PDT by tumblindice (OK, ma'am, you've had your 15 minutes: now, sit down and cork yourself.)
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To: tbeatty
All of those lefty groups are 501(c)3's. Makes you wonder.
16 posted on 08/12/2005 1:50:08 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
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To: tbeatty
If she was picketing Clinton she would have had the IRS running the colonscopy thing on her
17 posted on 08/12/2005 1:53:17 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: upchuck
Please ignore comment #14. I was mistaken.

Some nonprofits don't file a 990 (which is the "income tax return" used by nonprofits). All sorts of complicated rules. But under certain circumstances, no 990 need be filed.

18 posted on 08/12/2005 1:54:07 PM PDT by upchuck ("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: tbeatty

All the DUmmies are stealing money from their mother's purses to send to her.


19 posted on 08/12/2005 1:57:01 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: tumblindice
They get away with that by separating the business into parts. For example "MoveOn.org Civic Action" is a 501C4 while the MoveOn Pac is supposed to do all the political stuff and the actual website Moveon.org is not legally the same as either.

The NRA could set up an education non-profit that promised not to engage in political activity if they wanted using the same strategy.
20 posted on 08/12/2005 1:58:53 PM PDT by gondramB ( <a HREF="http://rationalconservative.blogspot.com/">The Rational Conservative Blog</a>)
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