I'm confused about the connection between the charity and the homeschooling?

A tax-exempt organization must make available for public inspection its approved application for recognition of exemption with all supporting documents available and its last three annual information returns. The organization must provide copies of these documents upon request without charge (other than a reasonable fee for reproduction and copying costs). Penalties are provided for failure to comply with these requirements.

That would mean their form 1023, all documents submitted with their form 1023 application and their determination letter (stating they are a charity and their classification).

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4221pc.pdf

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p557/

Anonymous wrote:OP, where did you come across this?

From the web site for their charity.

http://changinglatitudes.weebly.com/

http://changinglatitudes.weebly.com/about-amy-denicore.html

Amy lives by the philosophy instilled in her by her mother, “It never hurts to ask.” Years of painless asking has shown that most people want to help others, but sometimes just need to be asked. The generous support everyone has provided Changing Latitudes is proof positive of this philosophy.

As a home-school mother of three, Amy supports the efforts of Changing Latitudes state-side, but looks forward to hands-on work, once the kids are old enough to participate. In the meantime, Amy enjoys her children’s creative efforts to raise funds for school scholarships for Haitian children.

http://changinglatitudes.weebly.com/about-our-finances.html -- what they have here doesn't match what they've written elsewhere (see below - it's directly from their web site)

Changing Latitudes provided 54 scholarships in 2011 (for a total of $5,400) and 113 scholarships in 2012 (for a total of $11,000). We would like to expand the program to 150 scholarships in 2013.

http://changinglatitudes.weebly.com/donate.html

Donate
Donations to Changing Latitudes provide the less fortunate in our world with the hope and power to attain a brighter future for themselves and their children.

Changing Latitudes relies on the generous support of civic-minded individuals and companies.

Your tax-deductible donations to Changing Latitudes will allow us to continue our life-changing programs.

Please mail your donations to:

Changing Latitudes, LLC
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197

or through Pay Pal:

OP, where did you come across this?

Anonymous wrote:If they can't get their kids to school on time, I highly doubt that they are fulfilling all the duties required of homeschooling. Poor kids.

Well, it's Virginia, so nothing is really required of homeschoolers.

And I live in Virginia (although my kids go to school -- on time).

If they can't get their kids to school on time, I highly doubt that they are fulfilling all the duties required of homeschooling. Poor kids.

Some of the most highly educated people I've known are stunningly deficient in common sense and social skills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looked up Changing Latitudes. It's NOT a 501c3 (at least when I plugged in the EIN to the IRS search engine it didn't come up as "Are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions"). So I don't understand how they can make this claim on their donation page, "Your tax-deductible donations to Changing Latitudes will allow us to continue our life-changing programs."

They did file a 990N.

Tax Period:
2011 (01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011)
Employer Identification Number (EIN):
45-2537675
Legal Name:
CHANGING LATITUDES
Mailing Address:
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Doing Business As:
Gross receipts not greater than:
$50,000
Organization has terminated:
No
Principal Officer's Name and Address:
Mark Denicore
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Website URL:
www.changinglatitude s.org

Then it's called fraud:
http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501(c)(3)-Organizations

For a guy who was whining that getting convicted of a misdemeanor would cost him his license to practice (it woudn't - he simply LIED) this is pretty stunning stupidity. So much for earning both engineering and law degrees!

Well, I do hope the IRS performs a chainsaw audit.

Anonymous wrote:I looked up Changing Latitudes. It's NOT a 501c3 (at least when I plugged in the EIN to the IRS search engine it didn't come up as "Are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions"). So I don't understand how they can make this claim on their donation page, "Your tax-deductible donations to Changing Latitudes will allow us to continue our life-changing programs."

They did file a 990N.

Tax Period:
2011 (01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011)
Employer Identification Number (EIN):
45-2537675
Legal Name:
CHANGING LATITUDES
Mailing Address:
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Doing Business As:
Gross receipts not greater than:
$50,000
Organization has terminated:
No
Principal Officer's Name and Address:
Mark Denicore
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Website URL:
www.changinglatitude s.org

Then it's called fraud:
http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501(c)(3)-Organizations

The most significant laws related to home education in Virginia are the Compulsory Attendance Code (§22.1-254) and the Home Instruction Statute (§22.1-254.1). §22.1-254 and §22.1-254.1 define the legal options for homeschooling in Virginia, including home instruction, the approved tutor option, and the religious exemption, and discuss the annual reporting and testing/evaluation options for home instruction filers. These laws also regulate the ages and conditions for compulsory attendance in Virginia, discuss probationary periods and grievance hearings, and address PSAT/AP testing for homeschooled students.

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused by the post above. So they went back to their tardy ways, and then decided to home school their kids rather than send them to school on time?

I don't know if they went back to their tardy ways or simply decided they didn't want to be bothered with sending their kids to the elementary school less than half a mile away. So now Amy Denicore home schools them.

This is definitely a better choice for their classmates, who are no longer distracted by these habitual stragglers. The Denicores made a big deal of the fact that THEIR kids grades were fine, but never once thought that perhaps their little darlings coming in late, again, may affect OTHER children.

I certainly wish Sophie, Daisy & Tucker well. I wonder if the proximity to all those Virginia vineyards has had an effect on one or both of the attorneys in the family.

Lovely people.

I'm confused by the post above. So they went back to their tardy ways, and then decided to home school their kids rather than send them to school on time?

I looked up Changing Latitudes. It's NOT a 501c3 (at least when I plugged in the EIN to the IRS search engine it didn't come up as "Are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions"). So I don't understand how they can make this claim on their donation page, "Your tax-deductible donations to Changing Latitudes will allow us to continue our life-changing programs."

They did file a 990N.

Tax Period:
2011 (01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011)
Employer Identification Number (EIN):
45-2537675
Legal Name:
CHANGING LATITUDES
Mailing Address:
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Doing Business As:
Gross receipts not greater than:
$50,000
Organization has terminated:
No
Principal Officer's Name and Address:
Mark Denicore
PO Box 34
Waterford, VA 20197
United States
Website URL:
www.changinglatitude s.org

The lawyers who couldn't figure out how to get their kids onto the school bus that stopped at the foot of their driveway so the kids would be on time? Then took it to the court of public opinion? The charges were dropped in June when they demonstrated that they could get their kids to school on time (only one tardy between March 2012 - June 2012).

"Lori Melcher, Loudoun County Public School’s attendance officer, told the court March 14 that the school had reached out numerous times to the Denicores for them to meet with school officials to address the tardy problems with their children, but they declined. Melcher said Mark Denicore told her that she was “misrepresenting the law” and that she “needed to get her act together” and wouldn’t meet with her.

Melcher said that between the 2010 and 2012 school years Sophie had been late a total of 655 minutes, Daisy was late 802 minutes and Tucker was late 297 minutes.

Melcher also mentioned that Amy Denicore was aware of a Jan. 17 meeting but refused to get out of her car when she dropped off her children.

“Amy Denicore wouldn’t meet with officials until LCPS sought council because they felt that “tardies are no big deal” and “it’s against the law for [Melcher] to question her childrens’ tardies,” Melcher said.

Melcher, as the acting attendance officer for Loudoun Valley, Woodgrove and Loudoun County high schools and their feeder schools,is responsible to enforce the state code that students should be in school for the same amount of hours and days each school year. "

Guess they decided not to risk it again.

"As a home-school mother of three, Amy supports the efforts of Changing Latitudes state-side, but looks forward to hands-on work, once the kids are old enough to participate. In the meantime, Amy enjoys her children’s creative efforts to raise funds for school scholarships for Haitian children."

Oh boy. I wonder if the kids will eventually learn that if you're late to your job you can lose it, or if their parents will sue their employer.