[Cz-L] RE: Info. Non profit organizations

Dear Mimi,
During the last months I follow your activities as reflected in the
e-mails to the list, and I think these are really great things you
are doing.
On the other hand, most of these activities are "looking back" at the
past. As much as remembering and restoring past heritage is
important, let us not forget that there are still many survivors of
the Holocaust, our "Landsmaschaft", who need help (at least in
Israel, but I'm sure anywhere else too). As long as these people are
alive, I think helping them, health wise, financially and socially,
must be prior to restoring a cemetery.
I suggest using up the same advice, skills and efforts of "experts"
you've just invited to volunteer - to set up an organization for aid
to living people.

Schalom,
Nathan Gross - Architect & Town Planner






> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:37:41 -0400
> Subject: [Cz-L] Starting a Nonprofit Organization for the
>restoration and maintenance of the Cz. Jewish cemetery
> From: mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu
> To: Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
>
> I think that we now need to set up an organization for the restoration and
> maintenance of the Czernowitz/Chernivtsi Jewish cemetery. Most probably we
> should incorporate this organization and also apply for tax exempt status.
> This will qualify us to apply for funds from charitable organizations and
> make contributions to our organization tax deductible.
>
> I know very little about such matters and right now, do not have time to
> study what and how it should be done. Among a group as large as ours, there
> are bound to be some lawyers, or accountants, or other knowledgeable people,
> who could advise us. Also some who could study the subject and gain
> knowledge to be transmitted to the rest of us.
>
> Please anyone who feels competent and willing to do so, advise us how and
> where to start this organization. It is important that we have an
> organization in place before we need to make major decisions and handle
> larger sums of money.
>
> Please respond to this message by writing to the list and on the subject
> line of your message write: "Info. Non profit organizations"
>
> With advance thanks,
>
> Mimi
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