Statement from the Board of the Diabetes Hands Foundation
1) The Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) has been incorporated as a nonprofit in the state of California since March 2008.
2) In parallel with our application for tax-exempt status from the IRS, DHF secured a Fiscal Sponsorship from Community Initiatives. A fiscal sponsor is “a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that acts as a sponsor for a project or group that does not have its own tax-exempt status.” This allowed us to offer our contributors a tax deduction on their donations before we obtained our 501(c)(3) status.
3) When a donation is received by the foundation, 75% of the money is used to maintain our social networks and our diabetes awareness programs; 15% goes to support our fundraising efforts; and the remaining 10% covers administrative expenses. DHF makes no claim that it raises funds to help find a cure for diabetes.
4) The salaries paid to the foundation’s full-time employees were approved by the compensation committee of our Board of Directors, in line with nonprofit salary surveys published for 2007 and 2008 for the San Francisco Bay area.
5) Last, the Diabetes Hands Foundation runs only two social networks: TuDiabetes.com and EsTuDiabetes.com. Besides these two online communities, we have a web site and we run several blogs and have a presence on other sites to help us with our outreach efforts.
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Comment by Manny Hernandez on July 12, 2009 at 12:31pm -
Our board has added more details to complement the statement we made a few days ago:
http://tudiabetes.com/profiles/blogs/qampa-about-the-diabetes-hands
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Comment by Josephine on July 3, 2009 at 9:53am - The support here is invaluable. If people don't wish to donate, then don't. If this site were alive when I was younger I may have avoided a lot of stuff that I otherwise had to deal with alone. I don't see the harm in being in contact with people who understand exactly what its like to live with D.
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Comment by Denise on July 3, 2009 at 9:41am - ditto judith!
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Comment by Kelly Rawlings on July 3, 2009 at 8:54am -
Thanks, DHF Board, for a clear and concise response to comments on Manny's recent interview.
And thanks to all those people, whether donors to diabetes awareness efforts or not, who reach out on social networks like this one to encourage and support those of us who fight the good fight against diabetes every day. I couldn't survive without you!
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Comment by Marie B on July 3, 2009 at 7:21am - thank you dear Judith! Those of us who've been here for a long time know what the truth is.
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Comment by Judith on July 3, 2009 at 7:13am - Well, I'm sorry you had to write this, but glad you did. Ms. Clarkson's comments show a complete and utter lack of understanding as to just how nonprofits operate. I would love to whack her upside the head for her disrespect of the important work you do. It's true that we seem to live in an age when ignorance is a valuable commodity, proudly displayed in public and paraded around the internet for all to read, but it always disgusts me......
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