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hi melinda and bev thanks, melinda, for answering my question re the national parkinson foundation's status as a not-for-profit organization my limited experience with nfpo's [!] was in bermuda, where, in order to be designated a 'registered charity', and to be allowed to solicit funds from the public, the organization had to be registered with government and was required to submit annual audited accounts for the public record the intention behind the 'red tape' was to ensure responsibility and appropriate accountability to the public [us] since their [our] money was funding the organization's existence and good works the responsibility aspect ensured by public access to financial records is a critical part of any nfpo's reputation and credibility if this information is not required to be open to the public then those 'strings' i talked about can become hidden and tied up to all sorts of agendas and motives which may or may not reflect the nfpo's stated mission in re the the funding of the many pd organizations, particularly in the usa, when multi-national pharmaceutical companies are involved already and 100 million us dollars has been added to the research 'pot' i think it's important to know who's after the money and why your cyber-sibling in circumspection janet janet paterson 51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask]