Try the powerful search:
Selected searches:
Pakistan IWW Al Qaeda Terror attack Eco Terror ELF Blogs Internation Workers of the world
Free Geek Donations given to business not Needy!
Published: February 5, 2010
.jpg "Free Geek Donations given to business not Needy!")
Oregon Non Profit takes donations from business and secretly gives them away to other business and not the needy!
Free Geek of Portland Oregon is chartered as a non profit business to grant computers to schools & charitable organizations in our community who in turn benefit others. Free Geek accepts computers and computer related hardware in any condition. They ask you to bring your stuff over regardless of whether it is functional or not. Free Geek proudly participates in the Oregon E-Cycles program which offers free and convenient recycling of computers, monitors, and televisions for all Oregonians.
Free Geek has traditional called upon the business community of Portland for both Hardware and cash donations. As a non profit, Free Geek always is looking for ways to make ends meet. They have recieved grants from several foundations and cash from the tax payers of Oregon!
What Free Geek fails to inform anyone is apparently, if your a for profit business in need of computers and a friend of Free Geek, you can get an office full of computers refurbished from the donations of other for profit business firms!
We uncovered a coffee shop called Red and Black in Portland Oregon which recieved free computers from Free Geek to support its business operations! The Red and Black Coffee shop thanked Free Geek for the Free Stuff! The Red and Black website says the following:
“www.freegeek.org
A collectively-run non-profit that recycles and refurbishes computers and electronics. Free Geek provided our office equipment and the free computers in the dining room! Thank you, Free Geek!”
We called Free Geek on Feb 5th, 2010 and asked for free office equipment and computers for our website business. The person answering the phone named Richard said, “We do not give grants to Business unless you are a non profit.”
We uncovered the following:
1. Free Geek is a IWW Union Shop ran by Richard Seymour – Head of the IWW collective at Free Geek.
2. Red and Black Coffee shop is also a IWW collective business.
3. The computers and Office equipment were given to Red and Black to support the IWW and the shop!
4. This donation was a breach of the NON PROFIT entity status of Free Geek mission as a Non Profit.
Why do we care?
For one, it is fraud! No business gives donations to a Non Profit if they were told the donations are going to other business that may compete with you! It is fraud to be a Non Profit and wrongfully give away the donated hardware, cash, and other office furniture to organizations that are not part of your Non Profit status statement!
I highly doubt that anyone will be giving to Free Geek when this type of activity is uncovered!
Links
One Comment on "Free Geek Donations given to business not Needy!"
admin on Fri, 5th Feb 2010 2:37 pm
I have been in Free Geeks store and paid for stuff! you mean that if you are a crony of free geek the store will let you have anything you want free?