Quoted from Tsskinne:All these sell outs they must be doing lots of stuff for those with special needs as this was the intended goal of the organization from what I recall. “We place pinball machines with families that have children with autism, and we're in the process of opening our first community center in Maryland. All of the money raised goes to the charity.”
This seems to be the second drawing in less than a month.
I’d love to see what Spinners, has accomplished. Is it no longer Pinball Edu? I’m so very confused about the whole business/charity aspect of what is going on here.
I also noticed this on the State of Maryland website today. Go here and search Pinball Edu and you will see it says they have never actually completed the paperwork to be a charity and can’t solicite donations.
http://sos.maryland.gov/Charity/Pages/SearchCharity.aspx
Pretty odd for an organization running this raffles on a regular basis raising thousands of dollars at a time.
Curious, since when I run the same search you cite I get this result:
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Pinball Edu, Inc.
Joe Said, 201 East Patrick Street #189, Frederick, MD, 21705, Frederick County, Phone : (765) 490-1308
Disclaimer - This organization is in compliance with the Maryland Solicitations Act.
Income
Charitable Contributions: $103,797.11
Total Income: $56,200.78
Expenses
Charitable Program: $2,825.93
Management and General Expenses: $15,679.79
Fund Raising Expenses: $6,666.10
Total: Fundraising and Mgt Expenses: $22,345.89 (39.76%)
Percentage denotes amount of money spent on management and fund-raising for reporting year. Financial figures were obtained from organization’s IRS 990 report.
Year Represented: 2016 Uses a Paid Fundraiser: No
Purpose: To educate the public about the historic American pasttime of pinball.
MD Charity Identification Number (CID): 31141
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Not that I want to get in a rabbit hole of conflicting opinions, just a data point.
Richfield, MI
