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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1094506" data-attributes="member: 1246">Re: Obamabastic !!Who&#039;s his pimp???I’m no tax expert, but isn’t this a flagrant violation of IRS rules governing non-profit 501(c) groups?<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-ofa-solicits-high-dollar-bundlers-20130214,0,1262414.story" target="_blank">WASHINGTON</a> – Leaders of Organizing for Action, President Obama’s new nonprofit advocacy group, are courting his top campaign bundlers to be part of a high-dollar fundraising network that will help finance the work of the nascent organization.

During a swing through the Bay Area and Los Angeles this week, OFA Chairman Jim Messina and Executive Director Jon Carson met with members of the Obama campaign’s National Finance Committee and told them there will be a similar structure in place to support the work of the nonprofit group, which is set up as a 501(c)4 social welfare organization. They were accompanied by Rufus Gifford, who served as finance director for Obama’s reelection bid.

OFA officials declined to comment on the record, but confirmed that the group would have a finance committee similar to that of the campaign.

Bundlers will probably be asked to raised $500,000 to be part of the committee. Such top fundraisers will get perks in return. One reward that was floated as a possibility was an invitation to quarterly meetings with Obama.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1094506, member: 1246"] [b]Re: Obamabastic !![/b] Who's his pimp??? I’m no tax expert, but isn’t this a flagrant violation of IRS rules governing non-profit 501(c) groups? [INDENT][URL="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-ofa-solicits-high-dollar-bundlers-20130214,0,1262414.story"]WASHINGTON[/URL] – Leaders of Organizing for Action, President Obama’s new nonprofit advocacy group, are courting his top campaign bundlers to be part of a high-dollar fundraising network that will help finance the work of the nascent organization. During a swing through the Bay Area and Los Angeles this week, OFA Chairman Jim Messina and Executive Director Jon Carson met with members of the Obama campaign’s National Finance Committee and told them there will be a similar structure in place to support the work of the nonprofit group, which is set up as a 501(c)4 social welfare organization. They were accompanied by Rufus Gifford, who served as finance director for Obama’s reelection bid. OFA officials declined to comment on the record, but confirmed that the group would have a finance committee similar to that of the campaign. [B]Bundlers will probably be asked to raised $500,000 to be part of the committee. Such top fundraisers will get perks in return. One reward that was floated as a possibility was an invitation to quarterly meetings with Obama[/B]. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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