Posted on 12/05/2006 7:01:06 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
One of the charitable organizations cited by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps boss Chris Simcox on why financial accountability concerns raised by some corps members were unfounded has been fined for failing to keep its own financial records in order, The Washington Times has learned.
The Declaration Foundation, a tax-exempt charity created by conservative activist Alan Keyes, who has vigorously supported the Minuteman movement, was fined $6,500 in August and prohibited by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations from soliciting donations until it becomes "properly registered."
The Aug. 18 "agreement and order," signed by Declaration Foundation Executive Director Mary Parker Lewis, a top Minuteman adviser, acknowledged that the charity made false statements in seeking to solicit donations, failed to properly administer money it had collected, and withheld documents sought as part of an "investigative subpoena."
According to the bureau, the Declaration Foundation failed over a four-year period to submit audited financial statements, gave false information when it said it did not share revenue with other nonprofit or tax-exempt groups, and misstated the truth when it said none of its officers or employees was tied to any vendor providing services or goods.
The bureau said the Declaration Foundation improperly shared revenue with the Declaration Alliance, another tax-exempt charity founded by Mr. Keyes, which also has been active in overseeing the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC).
The Declaration Foundation is at the center of an intricate weave of conservative organizations founded by Mr. Keyes or tied to longtime Keyes associates now working with MCDC. They have served as mentors for Mr. Simcox and provided consulting and financial services for the group's fundraising and media activities.
According to Internal Revenue Service records, the Declaration Foundation reported more than $600,000 in contributions over the past two years and the....
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"...the Declaration Alliance, in its 2004 IRS filing, the latest available, reported more than $1.7 million in donations. The two organizations list the same Reston, Va., address as its place of business."
Where is the Declaration Alliance's 2005 IRS filing?
The MINUTEAN CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS, INC., Form 990 (Schedule B), lists a DECLARATION ALLIANCE contribution of $112,500 in 2005.
$50 to any Freeper who can name ANY and/or ALL 'groups' Connie Hair has belonged to or has been spokesman for that has NOT involved in "questionable" finance reporting?
sw
I can't name them all, but she seems connected to Alan Keyes' hip.
committee for a fair judiciary?
Ah, no, not that one either. :-)
*Snort*
Coming soon??
sw
And I knew you knew.
Read my tagline, please, ma'am
sw
Back Porch here comes Howlin :)
sw
Hmm. Will we EVentually need to put pictures of the "cagey" Keyesters on milk cartons? :)
Crabcakes! YUM........just YUM!
BUSH-CHENEY 2000 TO PAY $90,000 CIVIL PENALTY
Now, this is not a justification for DF's actions. Sounds like they deserved to be fined, and admitted as much. $6,500.00 bucks sounds about right.
But, it's harder to find a campaign or organization that HASN'T been fined for not meeting some compliance issue or another than it is to find one that has.
Google stuff like "Newt" "fines", etc. Insert the politician of your choice...you'll find a smorgasbord...
The Aug. 18 "agreement and order," signed by Declaration Foundation Executive Director Mary Parker Lewis, a top Minuteman adviser, acknowledged that the charity made false statements in seeking to solicit donations, failed to properly administer money it had collected, and withheld documents sought as part of an "investigative subpoena."
Mind explaining the boldface? Doesn't look like Bush-Cheney 2000 did anything like those two items.
Already did. Try to follow along.
You didn't explain the parts that bordered on criminality. Try to follow along.
Spin it however you want. That's a standard formulation that any state's oversight board is going to use in the resolution of a problem with compliance.
DF screwed up, they admitted it, they paid the fine. Wow.
Got it. Everyone does it. Never mind the part about not responding to subpoenas--everybody does that. Never mind the part about misleading donors--everybody does that, too.
BTW...
Where's the fence?
Ask George W. Bush. He's the Commander in Chief, sworn to protect America. After six years, you'd think he could have done something.
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