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In Reply to: What this prompted us to do posted by Coordinator on April 28, 2006 at 16:11:24:
WOWZERS!
Just a small footnote re: documentation that supports identification of FCF as a Family charity front. The Family's own apologist and official ethnographer, Dr. Jim Chancellor, published the following information in his book:
"From the earliest days on the road with "Uncle Dave," the COG refused any entanglement with government at any level. As late as 1995, Family representatives were adamant that any form of registration with the state would compromise their independence and freedom from the System. However, in January 1997, Family leadership and several nonmember supporters established the Family Care Foundation as a 401(c)(3) human services and grant-making organization. The Family Care Foundation (FCF) channels funds and support to Family missionaries and humanitarian projects around the world. In March of 1997, the FCF received tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. The System is still the System. But, the disciples are beginning to find ways to work within it."
Chancellor, J.D. (2000). Life in The Family: An Oral History of the Children of God. Syracuse University Press, NY. pp. 247-248.
