The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Form 990, Informational Return for Not for Profit Organizations, for calendar year 2005 has been completed and submitted to the IRS.
Link to 990: Click Here
Given the egregiously false or erroneous reporting—as well as some outright malicious lies about the status of MCDC finances—the board has decided to emulate publicly-traded company standards and release MCDC’s first year audited financial statements, in addition to the normal 990 documentation.
Link to independent audit: Click Here
We note that we are releasing our organizational IRS Form 990 and the additional audited financial statements on deadline, as promised, when promised. The independent auditors’ report from Salmon Beach and Associates is a clean finding, and attached to the audited financial statements.
Our total income was $418,493.00.
$112,500.00 of income was in unrestricted grants from Declaration Alliance.
Our Total Expenditures were $449,667.00
Our Program Services were $280,920.00 which was 62.47% of our total expenditures.
Our Management and General Expenses were $23,348.00 which was 5.19% of our total expenditures.
Our Fundraising Expenses were $145,399.00 which was 32.34% of our total expenditures.
All these expenses paid were for both goods and services—including product hard costs, consulting fees, and expenditures for professional materials and services rendered.
Summary
The overall financial activity for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps for calendar year 2005 was judged by independent auditors to be absolutely clean with no derogatory findings.
62.47% to programs
5.19% to management/administration
32.34% to fundraising
The percentage allocations of expenditures to delivery of programs and services on monies donated are much better than most first-year startup national organizations. The expenditures breakdown on the 2005 calendar year IRS Form 990 on page 13 are itemized into categories, which are summed up as follows:
BANK CHARGES: Self explanatory
CAGING FEES: Amount charged for processing contributions
CREDIT CARD FEES: Fees charged for processing credit card contributions
DONATION EXPENSES: Expenditure to another non-profit for services assisting with background checks
EDUCATION EXPENSES: Production of educational materials/pamphlets
FIELD SUPPLIES: Supplies required for field operations other than equipment.
FUEL EXPENSE: Reimbursement for fuel costs such as generator fuel for border operations
FUNDRAISING EXPENSES: Hard costs for fundraising event expenditures.
GARBAGE REMOVAL: Expense incurred in trash removal from the border.
HALL RENTAL: Rental for field headquarters during border operations.
LIST RENTAL EXPENSES: Payment for list rental to other organizations for education, mobilization and fundraising purposes
LODGING: Lodging reimbursement for field operations
MEALS: Meals reimbursement for field operations
OFFICE EXPENSES: Overhead for Arizona headquarters
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES: Border field operational expenses
PROGRAM & MANAGEMENT EXPENSES: Education, training, mobilization and fundraising programs, services and management for border operations which includes expenseable field equipment
PROGRAM SERVICES: Miscellaneous field expenses not falling under other categories
TELEMARKETING: Fundraising
UTILITIES: Power expenses at field office for border operations
VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECK: Monies spent on background checks for those volunteers who did not have a valid concealed carry permit which would necessitate a background check for issues such as violent felony convictions.
FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 57
LAND BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT:
Machinery and capital equipment for border operations
