My blood is boiling over this one. So they want to start a non profit and draw salaries becuase they are unable to work. Where do I begin?
First..If they are unable to work..how will they run a non profit? It does take work.
Two. Most "new" non profits never start off paying salaries becuase there is no need. Until the money and programming really becomes large and has to be managed as in a staff, audits, human resource functions, it can be handled by volunteers. Just as most us us do not pay salaries to the folks who run our booster clubs, PTAs, athletic association ect.
Third.What makes them qusalified to run a non profit? Even if we believe GA is innocent of the sexual allegations he has a history of poor financial management. They lost their first home to forclosure in Ohio and he supposedly fell for the Nigerian email scam, or it was gambling.(depends which story is being pitched)
But they were in serious finacial trouble before this all started. So lets give them money to manage.
Fourth. This case had nothing to do with grandparents' rights. CA and GA were not grandparents who thought something was terribly wrong with thier daughter and tried to take custody and were told you had no rights( a real problem for some grandparents) They were enablers who actually had thier grandchild in the home. This was about family dynamics and not grandparents' rights.
And I hope they realize that a non profit has to have a board of directors and its ownership belongs to the board, not anyone person. A foundation though does have different rules. I hope the state of Florida and the IRS look very closely at this before granting a 501(c) 3 tax expemt status.. End or rant!