CARS AGAINST CRIME INC
EIN 86-2684354 · Community & Neighborhood Development (S20)
What they do
CARS AGAINST CRIME WILL AID and ASSIST IN CRIME PREVENTION, and PROVIDE SUPPORT to LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE FIGHTERS, and FIRST RESPONDERS BY MAKING GRANTS to CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS ACTIVITY. CARS AGAINST CRIME WILL ORGANIZE CAR SHOWS WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL BRING THEIR CARS, and MEMBERS of THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED to MAKE A DONATION IN ORDER to VIEW THE CARS. ALL ACTIVITY WILL BE FUNDED BY DONATIONS and 90% of THE ORGANIZATIONS FUNDS WILL BE USED to FURTHER THE PREVENTION of CRIME and SUPPORT of FIRST RESPONDERS, and THE REMAINING AMOUNTS WILL BE SPENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. THE ORGANIZATION WILL DEVOTE 80% of ITS TIME to THIS FUNDRAISING and GRANT MAKING ACTIVITY, and THE OTHER 20% of ITS TIME WILL BE DEVOTED to ADMINISTERING THE ORGANIZATION.
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Board and leadership roster (8)
CAROL MARTINSONTREASURER
GINA CALISTRODIRECTOR
J MARIE FIEGERDIRECTOR
MICHAEL KARCHPRESIDENT
NICK LUCIANODIRECTOR
SANDRA OLSONDIRECTOR
STEVEN OLSONDIRECTOR
SUSAN LINKDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 7630 WAYZATA BLVD, GOLDEN VALLEY, MN 55426-1624
- County
- Hennepin
- In care of
- % MIKE KARCH
- Primary officer
- MICHAEL KARCH, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SDK CPA
- NTEE classification
- Community & Neighborhood Development (S20)
- IRS tax category
- Community & Neighborhood Development