Note the $166K paid to Common Sense America, a 501(c)(4) chaired by NOM's executive director, Brian Brown.
Common Sense America's address is listed as a PO Box in this Form 990. An online search quickly turns up a familiar street address:
20 Nassau St, Princeton, New Jersey.
Download NOM's 2007 Form 990 from Scribd
Update: NOM's 2008 return is now available here.
Some background on the activities of Common Sense America in New Jersey in 2007: here.
To date, [Common Sense America] has not disclosed their Board of Directors, how they are funded, or how they are spending their financial resources ...Hmmmm.
Now I'm all keen to do a side-by-side comparison of CSA's and NOM's 2007 returns.
But until CSA's return from that year becomes available, the $166K listed in NOM's return raises more questions than it answers.
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If you haven't already, please be sure to check out Justin McLachlan's two latest entries.
Meanwhile, Matt Algren flags another discrepancy.
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Oh, and just for fun, follow this link: http://www.CommonSenseUS.org/ ...
It's a contact form for Common Sense America on a page titled "The National Organization for Marriage" with site design courtesy of someone from The Manhattan Institute.
Trifecta!
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And add CommonSenseUS.org to the list of sites that share the same admin/tech email contact:
www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/nomcalifornia.org
www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/gaysdefendmarriage.com
www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/marriagedebate.com
www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/iMAPP.org
Wow, they're keeping Lisa Webb pretty busy over there.
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Sheesh, how did I forget about this photo?
With apologies to Tolkien fans ...
Brian Brown is the Lord of the (NOM) Rings.
One office door to rule them all:
Photo Credit: Danielle Truszkovsky
• National Organization for Marriage
• Marriage PAC NJ
• Common Sense America
• Common Sense PAC NJ
ATTN Post Office: Please deliver mail to all these organizations here, 20 Nassau Street, Suite 242, Princeton, NJ 08542
ATTN Brian Brown: Please keep your Common Sense America tax returns handy, thanks!!
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