I looked up Heritage for the Blind on GuideStar, at:
http://www.guidestar.org/
Heritage for the Blind, Inc.
1655 E 24th St
Brooklyn,NY 11229
Who We Are: PROVIDING JUDAIC MATERIALS TO THE VISUALLY AND HEARING
IMPAIRED.
Program / Activities: Jewish
Financial Info
Fiscal Year: 2000
Assets: $255,011
Income: $2,585,585
This organization files an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
EIN: 58-2164446
Ruling Year: 1995
Information in this report is derived from IRS Form 990 or IRS Form 990-EZ,
an annual report filed by nonprofit organizations.
If you believe this charity is fraudulent, you can report it
to the IRS.
There is more information about making these reports at:
http://www.ustreas.gov/irs/ci/contactci.htm
Joy
-----Original Message-----
From: LynZelvin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Is Heritage for the Blind a scam?
Hi,
I've been reading through messages on this list that I haven't gotten to
before and just saw this subject line. I have also been on and off looking
into how to investigate this organization and wondered if anyone who has
written about it has found out anything new. What I do know about them is
that they are supposed to be an Orthodox Jewish organization and that all
they produce is Jewish prayer books in braille and large print. I have
been speaking with a blind Orthodox Jew who is also concerned about this
organization. He said the prayer books are not even complete and only in
English. He visited the organization once when in town and they told him
they didn't really serve the Orthodox blind, they are, well, I don't know a
good English word for it, but an organization that tries to bring
non-observant Jews back to religious observance. Anyway, we are both
pretty convinced they are fraudulent. Any organization that is making
enough money to have ongoing ads on a major New York news station is
getting more money than one could possibly spend printing English prayer
books. I went through the same run-around that others here have trying to
find out what they say they do for us blind folk. They were very hesitant
to tell me. If anyone has more info so far, please share it.
Thanks,
Lynn Zelvin
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