Talk:Foundation for American Veterans

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This is a self-serving "charity" that uses the "helping veterans" as its selling point. This article is an advertisement for solicitation.

• The Foundation was a registered charity with the Missouri Attorney General's office according to Google Cache, but is no longer listed on the target list. Compare [1] to [2].
• The Foundation sponsored a Golf Tournament as a fund raising event in August 2005; see [3]
• On an "active charities" listing maintained by the Kentucky state government, it is shown that FAV is an active charity in KY with a solicitation period of 2004 to 2010, utilizes the professional solicitor "Associated Community Services", is based in West Bloomfield (no state mentioned) and has a charity/solicitor payout ratio of 18:83, meaning that 83% of funds raised go to the solicitor and 18% to the non-profit organization. (see [4])
• On an "active charities" listing maintained by the Illinois state government, it is shown that FAV is an active charity in IL with a solicitation period of 2005 to 2024, utilizes the professional solicitor "Associated Community Services", and is based in West Bloomfield, Michigan. (see [5])
• Bob McDonald is the program director for FAV (see [6])
• FAV is a member of the Detroit and Eastern Michigan Better Business Bureau (see [7])
• FAV is noted as an active fundraiser in Washington State according to a "Commercial Fundraiser Activity Report" dated November 24 2004 (see [8]); the commercial fundraising netted $0 in 2004 according to another report (see [9])
• FAV receives a % of proceeds from the sales of some items on-line from the InActSys website (see [10])
• FAV is noted as a current campaign solicitor in an Indiana State listing, noting the period of solicitation from 2005 to 2024. (see [11])
• Information from 2003 Charitable Fundraising report for Ohio (see [12]).
• Information from the Kentucky on-line Private Foundations Filing index (see Current Non-Profit Entities Filing IRS Tax Form 990 with the Attorney General), indicates a 2003 revenue of close to $US 2 million.
• One of several sponsors of "Medical Mission to Vietnam 98" (see [13])

I had incorporated several of these items into an addition to the article (section "Fundraising activities") but lost all of this to a browser crash. Will work to re-write this later. Courtland 23:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC) Bold text