Reply #43: S.A.V.E. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit

[iverglas]

Do they get "faith-based" funding or tax exemptions? (I have no idea, actually, being a foreigner; but I would expect that such non-profits have some rather strict accountability requirements to meet.)

From your quote:

Under Bush's order, religious organizations can apply for these funds to acquire, build or renovate buildings even if the bulk of the structure is used for religious devotion. These mixed-use facilities could receive tax dollars for the proportion of the structure intended to be used for social programs.

What the HELL does that have to do with S.A.V.E.??

It is NOT a "religious organization", and it does not appear to operate any "mixed-use facilities", or to use tax, or any other, dollars for any purpose other than to assist women victims of domestic violence.

http://save.faithsite.com/content.asp?CID=55471

Survivors Against Violent Environments is a grassroots organization established in 1997 by a survivor of domestic violence, Beth Lowry, through the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, TN. The first four years the Executive Director devoted her time as a volunteer for Survivors Against Violent Environments. In 2000 S.A.V.E. separated from the church and became a private 501c3 non-profit organization.

Note also:
http://save.faithsite.com/content.asp?CID=859

We participate on GuideStar, the on-line standard for nonprofit accountability.

So I did the work. I registered at Guidestar: www.guidestar.org -- you have to do that to view the organization's information there. And I looked at the Form 990 that it filed with the US IRS. It's pdf, so I can't reproduce it here; it's linked from here
http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?npoId=746400
which you can access once registered (or if not directly, use the search function as I did).

I found that its total revenue in 2003 was $39,602 (the "6" is somewhat illegible).
And its total expenses in 2003 were $39,761.
And its total assets at the end of of 2003 were $10,578.

Goldarn it. Somebody is obviously getting rich by exploiting abused women in Nashville.