#501c3 — Public Fediverse posts
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#MissKittyPolitics ran an article about #Amazon price fixing yesterday. Things like that are not possible in a transparent environment. I am planning to research #blockchain #open #reporting for my #501c(3).
The #WEB3 economy is part of the #Revolution. Of course televised. It's entertainment. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hc7tndm7gduompba65aps75k/post/3mr22jxpykc2o -
#MissKitty2028 for the end of #Homelessness account status update.
Everything's cool. Bounced from 84 on page 1 to 150 on page 2, but the average follower per day count continues to rise. It's acceptable, but going for 300 per day. #Research tonight is on where do I get #501c(3).
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#MissKitty2028 for the end of #Homelessness account status update.
Everything's cool. Bounced from 84 on page 1 to 150 on page 2, but the average follower per day count continues to rise. It's acceptable, but going for 300 per day. #Research tonight is on where do I get #501c(3).
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"The IRS emphasized that this position is 'consistent with a long-standing pattern of selective enforcement,' and referenced a 2017 executive order issued by then-President Trump directing the IRS not to pursue penalties against religious organizations engaged in political speech."
#USA #US #USpol #trump #IRS #TaxExemption #501C3 #religion #law #JohnsonAmendment
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"The IRS emphasized that this position is 'consistent with a long-standing pattern of selective enforcement,' and referenced a 2017 executive order issued by then-President Trump directing the IRS not to pursue penalties against religious organizations engaged in political speech."
#USA #US #USpol #trump #IRS #TaxExemption #501C3 #religion #law #JohnsonAmendment
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IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates~
(from last July)https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460886/irs-now-says-pastors-can-endorse-political-candidates
~~~~~Background on the Johnson Amendment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Amendment
--And on the case mentioned in the Treasury Dept's blog (screenshots in the previous post). The case was dismissed w/o prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69105317/national-religious-broadcasters-v-werfel/
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https://kpmg.com/us/en/taxnewsflash/news/2026/04/federal-court-rejects-deal-allow-churches-political-speech.html
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rejects-irs-agreement-to-let-pastors-endorse-political-candidates/ar-AA1ZVDzZ
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IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates~
(from last July)https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460886/irs-now-says-pastors-can-endorse-political-candidates
~~~~~Background on the Johnson Amendment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Amendment
--And on the case mentioned in the Treasury Dept's blog (screenshots in the previous post). The case was dismissed w/o prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69105317/national-religious-broadcasters-v-werfel/
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https://kpmg.com/us/en/taxnewsflash/news/2026/04/federal-court-rejects-deal-allow-churches-political-speech.html
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rejects-irs-agreement-to-let-pastors-endorse-political-candidates/ar-AA1ZVDzZ
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>So far, 48 charter operators—which are required to be nonprofits, governmental entities, or higher education institutions—have received at least $735 million in state and federal funds (passed through the school districts) under the program SB 1882 inaugurated, which came to be called “Texas Partnerships.” These operators largely control the budgets and operations of the public schools they helm.
The nonprofit distinction is pointless when those nonprofits are permitted to funnel the vast majority of their income to for-profit entities that do the actual education work.
>Under most Texas Partnership contracts, school districts retain the responsibility to maintain facilities, furniture, and equipment, offer transportation and meals to students, and provide special education services, but they give up control over administration, curriculum, and budgets.
Textbook case of privatize the profits and socialize the costs.
>In response to an Observer question about the Beaumont school’s academic performance, a spokesperson for Green Dot Public Schools noted via email that its related organization, Green Dot Public Schools Southeast Texas, ran the school and was dissolved in June 2024, adding: “We do not have additional background or context that we can provide.”
Its *shell company*. Call it what it is.
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An interesting thought experiment: what if teachers collectively chose to form these non-profits themselves? And ran the schools as they saw fit? Education co-ops, perhaps.
>Shelly Haney, a longtime educator, turned Midland ISD’s Goddard Junior High from an F-rated to a C-rated school as principal from 2013 to 2019. That’s why, in 2019, then-superintendent Orlando Riddick asked her, while she was still Goddard’s principal, to start a nonprofit and apply for a Texas Partnership contract to run the school in addition to Bunche Elementary School and later other elementaries, Haney said. The charter organization would be called the REACH Network.
Yay! So it's been tried at least.
>But Haney ran into the same obstacles that her predecessors at Bunche had faced: community poverty, low teacher retention, and then COVID-19. There were early signs of trouble when Bunche’s new principal quit in September 2019, four weeks after the school year started. Three more principals left during the four years REACH was in operation. Amid teacher shortages that got worse during the pandemic, Midland ISD waived certification requirements —as allowed under state law—and there were fewer experienced teachers available in the district’s hiring pool to help carry out reforms, Haney told the Observer.
So there is no Stand and Deliver magic formula to addressing poverty, I take it. For this approach to work, the co-op will need broader political and economic support.
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>There’s also no record that School Innovation Collaborative applied for federal tax-exempt status in the Internal Revenue Service database. San Antonio ISD terminated its contract early with the organization in 2023. CEO Doug Dawson did not respond to the Observer’s request for comment.
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>Colbert described those kinds of paperwork issues as red flags. “These are public tax dollars that are going to pay these people, and there are requirements of the law that they’re not meeting,” he said.What in the actual fuck? That's a red flag alright. But it's a red flag for the boards inking the contracts. We're talking absolutely basic, due diligence 101 shit here.
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>Regarding Texas Partnership operators in general, Quinzi, the teachers union legal counsel, said: “They’re going to put as much money into their pockets and the least amount of money in the classroom.”
At least the union rep knows how to tell it like it is. All of the trustees and politicians quoted in this article keep dancing around the core contradiction.
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Finally: this article was very heavy in data. It needed graphs. Badly. But seeing as we're going to be implementing similar bad ideas on a much larger scale going forward here in Texas, the author is at least not going to be lacking in data for the foreseeable future.
#Texas #txlege #vouchers #education #SchoolVouchers #SchoolChoice #txpol #CharterSchools #NPIC #501c3 #NonProfit #NonProfitIndustrialComplex
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>So far, 48 charter operators—which are required to be nonprofits, governmental entities, or higher education institutions—have received at least $735 million in state and federal funds (passed through the school districts) under the program SB 1882 inaugurated, which came to be called “Texas Partnerships.” These operators largely control the budgets and operations of the public schools they helm.
The nonprofit distinction is pointless when those nonprofits are permitted to funnel the vast majority of their income to for-profit entities that do the actual education work.
>Under most Texas Partnership contracts, school districts retain the responsibility to maintain facilities, furniture, and equipment, offer transportation and meals to students, and provide special education services, but they give up control over administration, curriculum, and budgets.
Textbook case of privatize the profits and socialize the costs.
>In response to an Observer question about the Beaumont school’s academic performance, a spokesperson for Green Dot Public Schools noted via email that its related organization, Green Dot Public Schools Southeast Texas, ran the school and was dissolved in June 2024, adding: “We do not have additional background or context that we can provide.”
Its *shell company*. Call it what it is.
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An interesting thought experiment: what if teachers collectively chose to form these non-profits themselves? And ran the schools as they saw fit? Education co-ops, perhaps.
>Shelly Haney, a longtime educator, turned Midland ISD’s Goddard Junior High from an F-rated to a C-rated school as principal from 2013 to 2019. That’s why, in 2019, then-superintendent Orlando Riddick asked her, while she was still Goddard’s principal, to start a nonprofit and apply for a Texas Partnership contract to run the school in addition to Bunche Elementary School and later other elementaries, Haney said. The charter organization would be called the REACH Network.
Yay! So it's been tried at least.
>But Haney ran into the same obstacles that her predecessors at Bunche had faced: community poverty, low teacher retention, and then COVID-19. There were early signs of trouble when Bunche’s new principal quit in September 2019, four weeks after the school year started. Three more principals left during the four years REACH was in operation. Amid teacher shortages that got worse during the pandemic, Midland ISD waived certification requirements —as allowed under state law—and there were fewer experienced teachers available in the district’s hiring pool to help carry out reforms, Haney told the Observer.
So there is no Stand and Deliver magic formula to addressing poverty, I take it. For this approach to work, the co-op will need broader political and economic support.
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>There’s also no record that School Innovation Collaborative applied for federal tax-exempt status in the Internal Revenue Service database. San Antonio ISD terminated its contract early with the organization in 2023. CEO Doug Dawson did not respond to the Observer’s request for comment.
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>Colbert described those kinds of paperwork issues as red flags. “These are public tax dollars that are going to pay these people, and there are requirements of the law that they’re not meeting,” he said.What in the actual fuck? That's a red flag alright. But it's a red flag for the boards inking the contracts. We're talking absolutely basic, due diligence 101 shit here.
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>Regarding Texas Partnership operators in general, Quinzi, the teachers union legal counsel, said: “They’re going to put as much money into their pockets and the least amount of money in the classroom.”
At least the union rep knows how to tell it like it is. All of the trustees and politicians quoted in this article keep dancing around the core contradiction.
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Finally: this article was very heavy in data. It needed graphs. Badly. But seeing as we're going to be implementing similar bad ideas on a much larger scale going forward here in Texas, the author is at least not going to be lacking in data for the foreseeable future.
#Texas #txlege #vouchers #education #SchoolVouchers #SchoolChoice #txpol #CharterSchools #NPIC #501c3 #NonProfit #NonProfitIndustrialComplex
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2) The Irish Echo has picked up on the petition effort to reinstate Elizabeth Stack at the American Irish Historical Society
#NotForProfit #501C3 #Governance #Mastodaoine #IrishHistory #NYC
https://www.irishecho.com/2025/4/online-petition-urging-stack-reinstatement
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2) The Irish Echo has picked up on the petition effort to reinstate Elizabeth Stack at the American Irish Historical Society
#NotForProfit #501C3 #Governance #Mastodaoine #IrishHistory #NYC
https://www.irishecho.com/2025/4/online-petition-urging-stack-reinstatement
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#Dogs #HandsHelpingPawsProject #PetAssistance #Fundraising #501c3
"Sugar Cookies:"
Brown rice flour, egg, honey, canola oil.
These are dog treats for our project, Hands Helping Paws. Not a rescue, we provide funds for local people who can't afford food, meds or vetting for their pet.
We work with local vets who recommend patients and owners in need.
We also offer dog tags, (felt) dog pull toys, snuffle mats,, and blankets in many sizes (photo in comments.)
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#Dogs #HandsHelpingPawsProject #PetAssistance #Fundraising #501c3
"Sugar Cookies:"
Brown rice flour, egg, honey, canola oil.
These are dog treats for our project, Hands Helping Paws. Not a rescue, we provide funds for local people who can't afford food, meds or vetting for their pet.
We work with local vets who recommend patients and owners in need.
We also offer dog tags, (felt) dog pull toys, snuffle mats,, and blankets in many sizes (photo in comments.)
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Building strong relationships is key to nonprofit success! Every interaction matters. Invite donors to be part of your mission, build trust, and foster partnerships. Let's grow together! 🌱
#NonprofitRelationships #CommunityBuilding #DonorEngagement #Partnerships #GrowTogether #NonprofitSuccess #501c3
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Building strong relationships is key to nonprofit success! Every interaction matters. Invite donors to be part of your mission, build trust, and foster partnerships. Let's grow together! 🌱
#NonprofitRelationships #CommunityBuilding #DonorEngagement #Partnerships #GrowTogether #NonprofitSuccess #501c3
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THIS IS A DIRECT ACTION
make the Heritage Foundation pay.#DirectAction #HeritageFoundation #TaxFraud #501c3 #political #CNP #christofascists #billionaires #pay
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THIS IS A DIRECT ACTION
make the Heritage Foundation pay.#DirectAction #HeritageFoundation #TaxFraud #501c3 #political #CNP #christofascists #billionaires #pay
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Any recommendations for an online group for nonprofit professionals and HNWI seeking to network and join teams starting new NGOs? Maybe something like Founder Institute but for nonprofits and bcorps... #networking #ngo #501c3 #nonprofit #leadershipteam #hnwi #bcorp
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#introduction
Married to the wonderful @milena
Father of 2 youngsters (one aspiring #MarineBiologist)
Professional background in #Software #Engineering (asm,#C(++),#Java,#Javascript), #Escalation and #CrisisManagement, #SupportOperations, #BigData, and #ScalableArchitecture
Interests:
#Ecurium #Investing #Nonprofit #501c3 #NGO #Grants #GrantManagement #Philanthropy #ClimateScience #PublicGoodSocial
#Sailing #Yachting #mentalism #Travel #BJJ -
#introduction
Married to the wonderful @milena
Father of 2 youngsters (one aspiring #MarineBiologist)
Professional background in #Software #Engineering (asm,#C(++),#Java,#Javascript), #Escalation and #CrisisManagement, #SupportOperations, #BigData, and #ScalableArchitecture
Interests:
#Ecurium #Investing #Nonprofit #501c3 #NGO #Grants #GrantManagement #Philanthropy #ClimateScience #PublicGoodSocial
#Sailing #Yachting #mentalism #Travel #BJJ -
https://archive.org/details/allianceforglobaljustice-npic
Alliance for Global Justice IRS Forms 990
Topics
#neocolonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #AllianceforGlobalJustice, #AFGJ, #foundations, #liberaldemocracy, #bougeoisie, #liberalism, #progressivism, #controlledopposition, #counterrevolution, #counterinsurgencythis item includes IRS Forms 990 for the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) is an organizing group that serves as a fiscal sponsor to numerous liberal-progressive initiatives.
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https://archive.org/details/fordfellows
Directory of Ford Foundation Fellows, 1980-2020 by National Academy of Sciences
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#FordFellows, #FordFoundationFellows, #FordFoundation, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #academia, #foundations, #liberaldemocracydata obtained from here 6 july 2020.
"The Directory of Ford Fellows contains information on Ford Foundation Fellows who held awards administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine including postdoctoral fellowship recipients awarded since 1980 and predoctoral and dissertation fellowship recipients awarded since 1986. […]
Information contained in the directory is entered initially at the time of fellowship award and is subsequently updated by Ford Fellows. […]
This database does not include Ford Fellows whose fellowships were administered by an institution or agency other than the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine nor does it include deceased Ford Fellows."
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https://archive.org/details/fordfellows
Directory of Ford Foundation Fellows, 1980-2020 by National Academy of Sciences
Topics
#FordFellows, #FordFoundationFellows, #FordFoundation, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #academia, #foundations, #liberaldemocracydata obtained from here 6 july 2020.
"The Directory of Ford Fellows contains information on Ford Foundation Fellows who held awards administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine including postdoctoral fellowship recipients awarded since 1980 and predoctoral and dissertation fellowship recipients awarded since 1986. […]
Information contained in the directory is entered initially at the time of fellowship award and is subsequently updated by Ford Fellows. […]
This database does not include Ford Fellows whose fellowships were administered by an institution or agency other than the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine nor does it include deceased Ford Fellows."
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https://archive.org/details/whofundsbyp100
Black Youth Project / BYP100 financial backers
Topics #BlackYouthProject, #BYP100, #neocolonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #BlackLivesMatter, #foundations, #liberaldemocracy, #bougeoisie, #liberalism, #progressivism, #BlackYouthProject100NFP, #BYP100EducationFund, #WomenDonorsNetwork, #AstraeaFoundation, #AstraeaLesbianFoundationForJustice, #RudolfSteinerFoundation, #MacArthurFoundation, #MsFoundationforWomen, #ChicagoFoundationforWomen, #QuixoteFoundation, #BorealisPhilanthropy, #AmericanFederationofLaborandCongressofIndustrialOrganizations, #AFLCIO, #BenjaminFund, #controlledopposition, #counterrevolution, #counterinsurgency
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https://archive.org/details/whofundsbyp100
Black Youth Project / BYP100 financial backers
Topics #BlackYouthProject, #BYP100, #neocolonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #BlackLivesMatter, #foundations, #liberaldemocracy, #bougeoisie, #liberalism, #progressivism, #BlackYouthProject100NFP, #BYP100EducationFund, #WomenDonorsNetwork, #AstraeaFoundation, #AstraeaLesbianFoundationForJustice, #RudolfSteinerFoundation, #MacArthurFoundation, #MsFoundationforWomen, #ChicagoFoundationforWomen, #QuixoteFoundation, #BorealisPhilanthropy, #AmericanFederationofLaborandCongressofIndustrialOrganizations, #AFLCIO, #BenjaminFund, #controlledopposition, #counterrevolution, #counterinsurgency