Lol mharris if you think that money is going anywhere besides Bill Margold pocket for what he wants to the tune if 160k according to manta you’re more gullible than the folks hitting the donate button.

He might even be a swell guy showing up with teddy bears for hurt performers…might be nice if he kept the teddy bear and paid for the medical bill that often comes to many times what the performer was paid to do what got them hurt in the first place.

As for FSC we there is no debate that what they take in results in inurement in violation of IRS rules.

At least money donated to Bill Margold supposedly goes to buy teddy bears for those that get hurt doing porn. Money donated to Diane Duke goes for God knows what — for all we know it could be spent on cocaine and transsexual hookers for her and her board members.

@mharris
I’m not surprised…Bill Margold is still trying to solicit donation to non-profit PAW which is really his own cash.

Lurking, I can confirm that as of a 1/8/2014 the FSC was still soliciting members and donations on their website. Here is a link just in case someone with screen shot software wants a screen shot: http://freespeechcoalition.com/joinmembership

If the organization refuses them you can still get copies from the IRS of the last three years of records available. You may need to file a FOIA and pay a nominal fee but it doesn’t require membership at guidestar to see actual records they have filed.

@brian rea

It is the Secretary of State at state level and the IRS at federal level to audit an organization who is using a non profit to seek lowered taxes while they act as a private organization.

The major difference between a private foundation non-profit and a public non-profit is that the private foundation has less people it must disclose to because it does not accept membership dues or public donations.

Those membership dues and donations aren’t free to an organization, the cost is disclosure.

C(6) orgs are required to have a board and maintain minutes that are available to the membership of the organization as well as IRS if they are audited. Minutes and bank statements may also be required to purchase and maintain insurance that protects the board members from personal liability if they mis use funds.

The minutes must be made available to any member who wishes to see what is being done for them. The organization through its board activities is accountable to its membership not the other way around. NGO means non government organization with the public disclosures are a requirement for preferred tax status. Financial documents must be made available to ANYONE who requests it if the organization seeks donations of any sort. That doesn’t change from c 3 or 6.

Based on Diane Duke setting up a educational non profit that lost its status after three years for non reporting and past FSC president Bill Margold continuing to seek donations for PAW long after it lost its preferred tax status it is fair to say the non-compliance of self regulation is alive and well. This doesn’t even include Mark Hearnes stance on refusal to pay taxes.

The preferred tax status of non-profits is offered with the expectation that their services will support society. The requirement for public disclosure is the trade off for a lower tax rate vs privacy of a private organization. If they are forcing board members to sign NDA and not keeping minutes then it won’t be long before they lose their status and lawyers are defending those board members who have become personally liable.