How exactly did it become official, you ask?
After a 28 page application, at least that many pages of additional requested information, projected budgets for the next three years, percentage breakdown of donation intake vs. costs, two conversations with our IRS contact person and countless other details, we recieved:
- A 2 page letter and this,
No small booklet has ever looked sweeter. I can even imagine myself curling up into the nook of the couch with a steaming cup of tea, and....the compliance guide. Sweet, huh?
Did I ever have any doubts? Nah, well - maybe, but deep down I always believed because She said we could.
And, we did.