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Senior Citizen Center, a church-sponsored soup kitchen, and
various churches.
By letter dated July 19, 1999, the IRS required that SNI
amend its Articles of Incorporation to meet the organizational
test for exemption under section 501(c)(3). SNI complied by
amending its Articles of Incorporation to delete the statement
that one of its purposes is to “find out where one goes when he
or she leaves”, leaving in place the additional provision that
its purpose is to be “organized exclusively for charitable,
religious, educational, literary, and/or scientific purposes
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.”
SNI also responded to a number of questions raised by IRS in
the July 19, 1999, letter. In response to a request that SNI
advise IRS as to the charitable purpose of SNI’s organization,
and provide a listing of the charitable activities conducted by
the organization, SNI responded:
The charitable purpose of Salvation Navy, Inc. is to be
an asset to the community and do good deeds. Although
it does not say so, for the most part, David Valfer’s
activities, as stated in the Mayor’s proclamation and
the other citations that were with form 1023, were the
same as the organization’s activities.
In a further response to an IRS request that SNI describe in
detail the activities it would conduct, SNI stated:
Presently, volunteering Saturdays and Sundays is taking
up 100% of * * * [Valfer’s] weekends at Hartford’s only
weekend senior center, WESP. David needs to be there
in time to say hello to the elderly citizens while he
hands the milk out before the hot noon meal. When
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