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Review for God Bless Hiv & Aids Awareness, Houston, TX, USA
This group is a criminal enterprise and not in legal standing as a NPO. When the Houston AIDS community tried to present this fact to the public GBC president sued everybody. AIDS Foundation Houston, AIDS Housing Coalition, OUTSMART magazine, KPRC channel 2 news and others in attempt to bully and silence the truth.
GOD Bless AIDS Charities applied for 501 C 3 exemption many years ago but "forgot" to finalize the process. As well the state of Texas recognition as a registred charity has expired. They are not a legal corp. in Texas attorney general files. The Mayor of Houston 2012 ordered the charities city street solicitation license revoked for acts of misreporting income and mis-use. GBC had a door to door type license to solicit donations; and did not have the street corner license. They no longer panhandle in the city of Houston legally. GBC moved to the county and as of late have not been reported to be seen out anymore. Harris County recently passed new ordinances on charity street corner begging because of GBC criminal activities.
GBC charities started in a small apartment with the president, his wife (using maiden name) and sister-in-law as 3 incorporators. Their son had died of AIDS and the family set up a donation in kind account and became addicted to public donations. The pasted hospice pictures of the man on deaths door all over the web, even craigslist for years and years...endless claims of financial need. So they applied for NPO status and started a charity with only family members as incorporators.
GBC recruited from homeless clinics sick AIDS patients to stand out in the weather and dangerous traffic situations-paying a commission % of what was gathered $. The family started a catering business and leased a big fancy home and all new SUVs. Buying everything under tax exemption and bought with charity dollars gathered from being a fake charity. Several people were seriously injured begging for GBC. One of the crew [personally known to the author] was struck by the bumper of a donor car which sped away hit & run accident. The victim had $25k worth of services on knee surgery, which the tax payer had to pick up thru County hospital district. GBC van crew did not even give the man a ride to emergency room. They only helped the injured man on a bus and paid the fare. The man with AIDS who had mild dementia, the accident victim made $18 that day in income from begging 6 hours for GBC which kept 70% or more of what was taken in. They did not help with medical epxenses $ -0-.
No charitable activity for GBC was ever known by any other AIDS agency in Houston. Beyond paying AIDS patients to beg on street corners there was no public activity visible. The group claimed on their website they gave away mo-peds motor bikes to homeless with AIDS, but this was untrue. They were spotted re-selling the Mo-Peds at the flea market on the weekends. Once, when they were being tailed by a Ch 2 news investigator they served chili to the homeless [which is illegal in Houston to feed from your unsanitary vehicle homeless persons].
According to court testimony during the lawsuit process : The HPD has an active narcotics investigation on GBC. There was a police sting on the GBC president for allegedly paying the crew of beggars in crack cocaine goods. The day the law finally traffic stopped him he was clean, but the investigation is still active according to HPD testimony.
Area AIDS charities met with the senior auditor of NPOs in the state of TEXAS in 2013. The ad-hoc committee had researched & compiled a 24 page report, including a televised reoprt involving fraud allegations. This package was submitted for investigation. The GBC charity registration was confirmed expired; and no paper work or income information had been filed since inception application. The State agreed to open an aggressive investigation. The State does not report outcomes to parties filing complaints. BGC has no legal right to collect public donations.
Shortly after the street crews disappeared....
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Have the board of directors arrested for criminal fraudulant charity activities.
How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Badly
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
Will you recommend this organization to others?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
Review for God Bless Hiv & Aids Awareness, Houston, TX, USA
The charity people paid me in crack. A van picked me up from my clinic appointment. They had me out on the street corner for hours and hours, until I was ill. I'd earned $23 that day in commissions and that guy Tarver gave me a $50 of rock cocaine. My landlord threw me out for smoking the dope. Three days later my foot was run over when I worked again. I am still limping. I am in recovery now adays. Don't believe them dogs-they lie.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The limp in my right foot.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Use the money to buy SUV and live in a fancy house just like the managers do now
What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Using the drugs Calvin Tarver paid me with
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Everyone was either a convicted ex felon or were patients from MHMRA or AIDS clinics downtown. We all drank wine out of kool-AID jugs on the corner. The manager had whistles they would blow if the pigs cruised by.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Grow even more corrupt.
Ways to make it better...
People would have donated more money so I could get a motel and smoke rock.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
The whole group is crude and rude!
One thing I'd also say is that...
Please report them to the IRS for suspicious activity; and please do not give them anything like money or volunteer.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
