Re: [CIMC-work] screeningand not for profit

[Chris Kaihatsu]

I agree with all of Don's statements (below).


Chris



----- Original Message -----
From: "donald goldhamer" <dhgo at midway.uchicago.edu>
To: "Garth Liebhaber" <garthliebhaber at care2.com>
Cc: <imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CIMC-work]  screeningand not for profit


> Some confusion here....
> Let's see if I can offer yet more clarification about CIMC and 501(c)3
> activities.
>
> Some of CIMC's activities are clearly and legitimately OK under IRS rules
> for tax-exempt organizations.  Those activities can be supported by
> tax-exempt donations given to our fiscal agent (8th Day Center for
Justice)
> and carried out as an activity or expense of the 8th day Center's IMC
> project.  We merely must be able to demonstrate that an amount equal to
those
> tax-exempt donations has been spent on legitimate tax-exempt activities.
>
> CIMC is free to conduct any other activities, using its own (i.e. not
> donated as a tax-exempt contribution or grant) funds, with NO governmental
> restrictions. So CIMC is free to cnduct any kind of party or video-showing
> or political campaign or ... it wishes, so long as it does not use any
> tax-exempt donations to do so.
>
> The issue of whether, as CIMC, we want to be affiliated with MoveOn's
> campaign, which would identify us as somehow affiliated with them, is
> another matter altogether.
>
> I am a supporter of MoveOn myself.  But I personally would prefer to have
> individuals do the party if they want to, and not associate CIMC as
sponsor
> of the effort.  CIMC needs to remain independent of any organizations,
> however worthy, since we cannot manage to participate in ALL of them.
>
> --Don
>
> >On the D7 screening, we probably shouldn't do it under imc, but I'm up
for
> >a get together.  i can even ask my sister about using our place.  our tv
> >is small, but we could get one of those projectors for the wall.
> >as per the 501(c)3, I stand clarified.
>
> >>so, we should probably not do the moveon video, since it may be viewed
as
> >>an in-kind donation? we'd have to be people screening the film, not imc
> >>screening it to get around that.  i'm going to buy it anyway. if someone
> >>has a dvd player and a tv and would like to screen it at his-her house,
> >>for the benefit of who ever wants to come, good. otherwise, i'll be
> >>watching it on my computer screen at home on D7.
> >>m
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-chicago-working mailing list
> Imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-chicago-working
>