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bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:12:04 AM

LadyEllen

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Hi

Can anyone please tell me how I can go about checking that a US charity is bone fide? The charity in question is Snow Leopard Trust, in Seattle WA.

We love snow leopards and we'd like to support their conservation, but I'm also very aware of charity scams. The above seems genuine enough but it'd be nice to check them out to be sure.

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:16:38 AM

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LadyEllen, you can ask the charity to provide you with the number of their tax exempt organization private letter ruling, then obtain a copy of it from Westlaw. You can also request they provide you with a copy of their tax information filings, which as a matter of law are public record. If they aren't skimming more than 20% for 'general administrative costs' you'd at least know they pass the smell test.

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:25:48 AM

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Thanks CS!

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:31:00 AM

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Wow. Snuggles up next to cs to see if that smartness will rub off on me.

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:42:28 AM

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LMAO, Dnomyar.

I assure you, it's a one-trick kinda thingy; I cannot figure out how to record a tv show, lol.

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:43:58 AM

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We are ging to be watching TV???? Mmmm Im not much for pornos.

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:48:15 AM

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Hell yes we are gonna watch tv...we're gonna stay glued to MSNBC or some such thing all Tuesday night till we see McCain give his concession speech.

Now can anyone tell me, will the lawyers still be able to sue once he does?

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RE: bone fide US charity? - 10/31/2008 9:56:00 AM

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I use charitynavigator.org to check out charities. Here's the info on the Snow Leopard Trust:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7393

Looks pretty legit to me.

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