Senator Rick Scott's campaign against the Affordable Care Act in '09 via his Conservatives For Patients' Rights is a notorious case of not-for-profit abuse. First off, it was registered as a 501c3 when it was clearly a 501c4 but, hey, Rick wanted the tax deduction...
...Rick Scott, president, authorized spending $6.4 million to lobby against the ACA. Who were the recipients? Other than payments to two vendors totaling $704k, we don't know....
...The statement of expenses is straightforward but the statement of revenue refers to a related organization that wasn't disclosed....
...I highlighted the disclosure requirement re independent contractors to emphasize how egregious the omission of the names of the recipients of $6.4m was...
...Despite the failure to disclose the names of the lobbyists paid $6.4m, we have a pretty good idea who at least one of the recipients was based on this June '09 WP article about CRC Public Relations aka CRC Advisors aka Creative Response Concepts...
...While the address on the '09 Conservatives For Patients' Rights is a virtual office & the tel # is toll-free, the '10 990 gives us a better idea who managed CFPR...
freedomworks.org/content/deans-…
..Kelly Benedetti, former executive director of Conservatives For Patients' Rights, knew the '09 990 was deficient when she signed it in Nov '10. She knew the rules, given her disclosure re compensation on the '10 990...
...In April '10, Rick Scott announced his candidacy for governor of Florida after spreading more than $9 million around in '09 to who knows who via his so called not-for-profit...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
... Can't make this stuff up. Mary Ann Carter, Conservatives For Patients' Rights secretary & executive director in '09 who helped Rick Scott spread $9m in '09, became NEA chair in '18...
...Mary Ann Carter's '17 financial disclosure filed when she became Senior White House Adviser, National Endowment for the Arts, on Jan 25 '17. Her resume...
projects.propublica.org/trump-town/sta…
...The other three Conservatives For Patients' Rights board members? Jerry Mansmann's resume...
mgchealthadvisors.com/jjeromemansmann
...Doug Van Oort's bio...
wsj.com/market-data/qu…
...And last but not least, CFPR's treasurer, Cathy Gellatly, was an accountant w Rick Scott's investment firm for more than a decade...
hollowbrookllc.com/about-us/team/…
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