Call it an occupational hazard, particularly at a government transparency nonprofit, but I enjoy reading stuff like this notice from the IRS about the automatic deletion of nonprofit status from organizations that haven’t filed with the IRS in the last three years. It used to be that inactive groups could coast without filing for ages, but that changed. Most nonprofit orgs with an IRS determination have to file annually — churches are a main exception — though for small groups that probably means the so-called “postcard” filing. Originally hundreds of thousands of groups — those that hasn’t filed for three years — were slated for deletion, but the IRS has given non-filers one last chance, due October 15.
In many cases, there are really defunct organizations, and should be deleted. But the following have Unitarian or Universalist in their name. Some are relics, others I think active. Do you know anything about their current status? And if they’re active, who needs to be contacted? (If not, we can be grateful for their past service.)
And some detail about this move from Blue Avocado, a nonprofit resource I like.
In FEIN order:
03-6013292 | MID-VERMONT UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP INC | 36 N MAIN ST | RANDOLPH | VT | 05060-1149 | |
04-2121360 | MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSALIST FUND | 150 REDINGTON ST | SWAMPSCOTT | MA | 01907-2137 | |
04-2602027 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICE INC | % R ALI-OGLU 10 CHILDS CIRCLE | FRAMINGHAM | MA | 01701-0000 | |
04-6042476 | ALLIANCE OF THE FIRST PARISH UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH | 630 MASSACHUSETTS AVE | ARLINGTON | MA | 02476-5003 | |
04-6076064 | FIRST CHURCH UNITARIAN TRUST 2677 02 NECT | 125 HIGH ST | BOSTON | MA | 02110-2704 | |
04-6080404 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH TRUST 576 NECT | 125 HIGH ST | BOSTON | MA | 02110-2704 | |
04-6080405 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH TRUST 579 NECT | 125 HIGH ST | BOSTON | MA | 02110-2704 | |
06-1025035 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PSI SYMPOSIUM | EXPLORERS | 29131 MILLARD DR | BAY VILLAGE | OH | 44140-1964 |
11-2431785 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ADVANCE INC | PO BOX 23144 | SANTA FE | NM | 87502-3144 | |
13-6049723 | TR UA 1-28-1898 M B KNOWLTON FBO UNITARIAN SOCIETY IN UPTON MASS | 270 PARK AVE | NEW YORK | NY | 10017-2014 | |
16-6411704 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF AMHERST ENDOWMENT TRUST | 6320 MAIN ST | WILLIAMSVILLE | NY | 14221-5821 | |
22-2175295 | WOMEN S CENTER OF MORRIS MORRISTOWN UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP | 812 NORMANDY HEIGHTS RD | MORRISTOWN | NJ | 07960-0000 | |
22-2957061 | WELLER UNITRUST FUND | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SER COM INC | 78 BEACON ST | BOSTON | MA | 02108-3421 |
23-1710240 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST BLACK AFFAIRS COUNCIL INC | 5622 GERMANTOWN AVE | PHILA | PA | 19144-2228 | |
23-1993446 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PSI SYMPOSIUM | LANCASTER CHAPTER | 141 N PINE ST | LANCASTER | PA | 17603-3432 |
23-7401450 | FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDATION OF MADISON INC | 900 UNIVERSITY BAY DR | MADISON | WI | 53705-2249 | |
23-7437785 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FOUNDATION OF PHOENIX | 4027 E LINCOLN DR | PARADISE VLY | AZ | 85253-3946 | |
25-1501026 | UNITARIANS UNIVERSALISTS FOR FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE | 63 CONNECTING RD | PITTSBURGH | PA | 15228-2133 | |
31-1077147 | FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND | 536 LINTON ST | CINCINNATI | OH | 45219-2438 | |
35-6211103 | FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH REVOCABLE TRUST | 320 S HIGH ST | MUNCIE | IN | 47305-2325 | |
42-1339721 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PROCESS THEOLOGY NETWORK | 2508 JACKSON ST | SIOUX CITY | IA | 51104-3522 | |
54-2015263 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY | 12640 WINFREE ST | CHESTER | VA | 23831-5030 | |
58-1859593 | ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF LITTLE ROCK | 1818 RESERVOIR RD | LITTLE ROCK | AR | 72227-4917 | |
59-6205653 | FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO ENDOWMENT FUND INC | 1815 E ROBINSON AVE | ORLANDO | FL | 32803-5934 | |
75-1827812 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST RETIREMENT & RETREAT ASSOCIATION OF THE SW | PO BOX 190869 | DALLAS | TX | 75219-0869 | |
86-0410808 | SIERRA ANCHA WILDERNESS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION | 1373 N 44TH ST | PHOENIX | AZ | 85008-5603 | |
90-0317310 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MUSICIANS NETWORK | 2208 HENERY TUCKERS CT | CHARLOTTE | NC | 28270-1743 | |
92-0143572 | UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY SERVICES | 3201 TURNAGAIN ST | ANCHORAGE | AK | 99517-1848 |
About halfway down, the Weller Unitrust… don’t know much about the trust or what purpose it served when it existed. What’s striking though, is the Service Committee hasn’t occupied 78 Beacon St., Boston since 1989. This makes it pretty clear to me that this “purging” process reflects the IRS’s shortcomings with record-keeping as much as it does with nonprofits’ responsibility for filing.
I have a hard time pinning this on the IRS. At minimum, these groups have not filed in three years and if a nonprofit disbanded I would think it has a responsibility with filing with the IRS, and not the IRS chasing the groups. So I’d bet the Weller Fund dates — and ended with — that old office.
http://www25.uua.org/uumn/about/contact.html
I guess some nice soul needs to tell them….