Comments on: Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund Response

By: Do You Have a Vision for Women in Comics? Friends of Lulu Needs Help » Comics Worth Reading

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:40:52 +0000

[...] The Empowerment Fund fiasco in early 2007 in which a loose cannon board member announced a money-raising effort that [...]

By: Leigh Dragoon

Leigh Dragoon — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:13:32 +0000

I have written a blog post which will hopefully answer most of the questions raised in this forum.

http://ldragoon.livejournal.com/88037.html

By: Friends of Lulu Silent on Donation Status » Comics Worth Reading

Friends of Lulu Silent on Donation Status » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:10:42 +0000

[...] Two weeks ago, I asked Friends of Lulu about the status of their Empowerment Fund, a somewhat notorious project that’s been bedeviled with questions since its start. They weren’t able to provide much concrete information [...]

By: Lisa Jonte

Lisa Jonte — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:26:38 +0000

I understand. Don’t mind me. Sometimes I just get all het up.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:58:30 +0000

I don’t want to assume the worst of a group with similar aims to mine without cause. I do have my last email tagged for followup if I don’t hear anything further, though.

By: Lisa Jonte

Lisa Jonte — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:55:35 +0000

Yes, I suppose you’re right. You are also far more temperate than I. Perhaps it’s time for me to take a walk and get away from the interweb for awhile.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:44:18 +0000

Lisa, they may not want to indicate that to prevent nefarious actions.

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Blog@Newsarama » The stars are black, the church is sweet… — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:42:43 +0000

[...] Friends of Lulu Followup [...]

By: Lisa Jonte

Lisa Jonte — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:27:12 +0000

Until we have the paper trail transitioned? The hell? Interesting that we still don’t know in exactly which bank account the donated money is currently sitting. It seems like an easy question to answer.

By: Rivkah

Rivkah — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:57:19 +0000

Thank you, Johanna, for keeping an eye out. I think it’s wonderful that a charitable organization for women in comics is also being held accountable by the community itself. I hope that the fund is able to find it’s feet once again, and enquiries like this could be seen as a form of encouragement that we eagerly anticipate hearing their plans of action. :)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:06:07 +0000

Thank you! I was hoping a reader would know more about the details than I did. I appreciate the research.

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:40:20 +0000

Because you mentioned it, I got curious, and with regard to FoL’s 501(c)(3) status, for what it’s worth, according to the information to be had for free via http://www.GuideStar.org (a resource for researching non-profits), FoL is a 501(c)3 Public Charity, but is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because “its income is less than $25,000.”

That thresshold figure is, of course, different from what you see on the IRS site, but regardless, it certainly seems plausible that FoL’s absence from certain official lists has to do with their size, and indeed, shouldn’t be taken as indicative of anything more than that.

(There are apparenlty levels of GuideStar membership that’ll allow you to access more details, but I haven’t paid for them. But perhaps there’s more info out there to be had…)