[Ares-races] Avon Products Foundation AKA Pallotta Teamworks

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Rob looks like youre right.  Here's their website

www.bethepeople.ort

draw your own conclusions.

Otherwise, can anyone cite where the FCC Rules give us guidance and
tests for our public service activities?


Rob Roller N7LV wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I understand your point, but if the foundation has its own charter and a
> 501(c)(3) status, then by law, they're required to stick to their legal
> charter, whether that be for research, education, etc.  There are probably a
> bunch of companies that have separate foundations that receive donations,
> and pass out grants.  Companies like HP, Sprint, to name a couple.  HP and
> Sprint are for-profit corporations, but their foundations are separate.
> 
> Maybe the event coordination is a part of Avon's administrative costs, that
> in order to organize such a large event, they had to contract the work out
> to a for-profit company to organize it.  Conceptually, that'd be no
> different than, say, United Way or the MS Society, renting out a banquet
> room at a for-profit Hilton Hotel, or hiring a for-profit caterer to provide
> food for a fund-raiser.  Some services just have to be provided by a
> for-profit company.
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