Thomas Jefferson admissions articles

[Anonymous]

A preemptive strike against making the math portion harder?...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-schools-insider/post/federal-civil-rights-complaint-filed-over-low-numbers-of-black-latino-students-at-elite-tj-high/2012/07/23/gJQA1sY04W_blog.html?wpisrc=al_locmisc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCAG is the only organization examining academics for taxpayers and parents in this county. People can compare what is offered at various schools and network/lobby for academics in FCPS. NO ONE else cares.

Oh, so YOU guys are the blame for all this AAP nonsense. Great, now I know where to picket. Why is it being run out of someone's house? Why isn't it filing tax forms as required by law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's just be clear about something.

According to guidestar.org, the Fairfax County Association for the Gifted is housed at a personal residence in McLean. Specifically, this house at 6707 Hazel Lane that is very likely underwater on its mortgage: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6707-Hazel-Ln-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51755481_zpid/

It was established in 1980, but doesn't seem to have any current information with Guidestar.org, thus lacks any credibility whatsoever.

The end.

FYI, it is common for association and nonprofit organizations that do not have offices to list the home address of an officer as their business address. Volunteer organizations typically do not have paid employees, offices, significant revenues, or assets, and represent most nonprofit organizations.

Also, there is a huge difference between nonprofit and 501(c)(3) tax exempt. Guidestar tracks 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations. Most nonprofits don't pay taxes on revenue or donations. But 501(c)(3) oranizations lets donors deduct the donations from their personal taxes. These are nonprofits that solicit donations that are used for a charitable purposes. If you have nonprofit that doesn't do a lot of fundraising, it makes no sense to go through thte 501(c)(3) process and the recordkeeping and tax filings that are needed.

So it doesn't mean they are not a legitmate nonprofit. It just means don't give them a large amounts of money if they solicit it from you.