Fairhope Single Tax Colony has made a lot of contributions to the city of Fairhope and its improvements, including helping to fund the fantastic new library, which is one of my favorite places in Fairhope. As someone who grew up in Fairhope, living on colony land, I have always had a good experience at the offices of Fairhope Single Tax. Jennifer and the other current staff are very helpful and knowledgeable in answering questions or dealing with any issues that arise.
This organization works mainly to benefit the members of the board, many of whom get paid large sums, not as salary, but for work their companies do for the corporation, but there is no disclosure and they do not try to see if there are other companies that are capable of doing the work They do not have contracts with the corporation, the money just appears under "bills paid" as much as $1.2 million to one officer. All the board members get paid to serve. All meetings are private, and very secretive. There is no policy for Executive Session, but they are held frequently. They do not report all the money they pay each other on their IRS 990 forms. They do not do the work that their charter and incorporation papers with the State say they should be doing.
Review from Guidestar