Remember the nonprofit from my last post, the one in Washington D.C. which got a bunch of grants (over $2 million) only has one public displayed tax return (that I can see), never got a DUNS# for its HHS grants, and eventually got its nonprofit revoked or failure to file? ? this one?
TAGGS.hhs.gov on this group (I searched by its EIN# ? which is below).
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One of whose Principal Investigators ended up on THIS one, which I?ve profiled before (herein):
an organized voice of women with diverse?perspectives and experiences. We are a national 501c3 comprised of women with direct or indirect professional involvement in the responsible fatherhood field. The mission of Women In Fatherhood is to contribute to and advocate for family and community well-being through the support of positive father involvement and healthy family relationships.
and on THAT board of directors, is:
?Frances Ballard is the Executive Director for the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC). In her role she is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for activities regarding the NRFC, including the coordination of the media campaign, clearinghouse and Web site, Training and Technical Assistance (T & TA) to responsible fatherhood demonstration sites, and building relationships and partnerships for NRFC. {{*1}} She has over 20 years experience working with fathers, families and healthcare. Her previous positions include 12 years serving as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization (see below); Consultant to The Annie E. Casey Foundation?s Making Connections Program; Director of Corporate Development and Clinical Manager-Ambulatory Care, Grace Hospital; and Nurse Consultant/Program Developer, The Institute For Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development. She holds a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing Administration, a B.A. in Social Work, an A.S. in Nursing, and numerous executive management certifications. She is married to Dr. Charles A. Ballard, ?pioneer? of the Fatherhood Movement and the mother of their three children, Jonathan, Lydia and Christopher.?
My problem, you see, is that I actually read this stuff, look at it, say ?HUH? What?s THAT?? and go find out. ?I might have a much more peaceful life without going down that Rabbit Hole, but today I did. ?And I hate to say this, but it led to the something we have to discuss sooner or later, which is:
specifically, how did the USA, Inc. (and specifically here, HHS) ? become one? ?Because ? honest! ? all I did is look things up. ?I look at organizations, and the people running them, and I read what they say. ?And before the end of this post, sorry to bring this up, but it leads right to:
And I?m not talking, in general, vague principles of comparison. ?I?m talking personnel and graduate degrees. ?I already talked ultra-conservative Christian ?Pepperdine University CDRC centralized push through Mediation as the Norm in California (at public expense) and connect with Marriage/Fatherhood funding (right on the website).
I?m talking ?Spiritual Psychology? Marriage and Family Therapists and the (then, very young) man who decided to expose one of these ex-Eckankar, ex-Scientology (or maybe not, depending on who you believe) and ended up dealing with not just a smear campaigns, but death threads, having his house ransacked, and now the guy doesn?t even keep a phone. ?But inbetween he was in Geraldo, you name it, and the question I have is ? why are we paying, and tax-exempting ? this stuff? ?Because, when you get right down to it ? whether it?s Neopagan New Age (hypnosis, belly-dancing and Mind-Body Ph.D.s (distance learning, on-line) followed by Ph.D.?s in psychology, etc.? or Right-wing Reich (do away with no-fault divorce, exterminate the gays and especially hang the feminists)
It?s going to (I say) end up just about the same place: ?It?s going to end up in bed with you ? or your kids (regardless of your age, gender, or marital status), demanding absolute loyalty, embezzling, and trying to sound very wise and spiritual.
And if it sounds much more dignified and organized (as the National Clearinghouse for Responsible Fatherhood does ? most of the websites I?ve seen, for that matter, look Grrrr?eat) ? it may be organized, but it?s going to boil down to about the same thing as any run of the mill cult. ?Only some are larger.
Looking at Mrs. Ballard?s Profile, above we see a lot of responsibility and organization, plus professionalism. ?OK, like I said, down the rabbit hole?.
- National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC).
- what is it? ?It?s not a nonprofit. ?It?s, literally, ?Fatherhood.gov?
- Is it an agency? ?Is it a corporation? (for profit, or not for profit?) ?Because if it has an ?executive director? it sounds like a corporation, right? ?If it?s part of gov?t, then it should be ?Department Head, Czar of some sort (esp. in Obama Admin), or simply ?Secretary? as in the Secretary of HHS, ?currently Kathleen Sebelius.
- In its own words, the ?Clearinghouse? is a ?resource center.?:
Who are we?
The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse is an Office of Family Assistance (OFA) funded national resource for fathers, practitioners, programs/Federal grantees, states, and the public at-large who are serving or interested in supporting strong fathers and families.
(commentary: ?a little reverse-indenting going on here, sorry):
OK, number one, it?s aimed at half the population, men (?fathers?). It?s funded by ALL the population (men and women both) because it?s an OFA-funded national resource. ? Ladies, got that?
Is it for the whole public (even though it?s a ?national resource?) ? well that?s debatable, but in the above paragraph, it says actually it?s for ?practitioners, programs/federal grantees? (those words refer to people who get the grants, programs run by the grants, and organizations that are getting the grants ? of which I just showed one (above) in washington D.C. that got the grants, didn?t get a DUNS# (for some reason) and filed only ONE tax return over many, many years of receiving money. ?Moreover it looks like Dr. Ballard was paid to evaluate his own organization, seeing as he was on the board taking compensation ? and a principal investigator of a grant to evaluate his own organization. ?Whatever?..
Mission
The goals of the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) are to provide, facilitate, and disseminate current research, proven and innovative strategies that will encourage and strengthen fathers and families, and providers of services via the following priorities:
- Robust NRFC Website ??www.Fatherhood.gov
- Media Campaign that promotes the Responsible Fatherhood field and efforts of local programs
- Social media engagement
- Development and dissemination of written products that advance responsible fatherhood research and practice
- Outreach and presentations at conferences and events
- National Call Center for dads and practitioners (1-877-4DAD411)
- Virtual Trainings
Now, what happens when someone calls 1-877-4DAD411? ?I don?t feel like finding a man just now to make the call for me, but one of these days, I?ll be sure to. ?However (see red font) ? is it, or is it not clear ? that every aspect of this (listed, at least) consists of disseminating media, primarily electronically? ?Plus some ?written products? (paper? ?Or DVD/webinars, pdfs ? what format?) ?Make a guess!
Again, Who?s paying for all this? ?Get out your mirror!
Funding
The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) is a resource of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families? (ACF)?Office of Family Assistance (OFA).
The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (CRA) re-authorized funding for the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC). The NRFC was initially funded through the?Deficit Reduction Act (2005)?for ?the development, promotion, and distribution of a media campaign to encourage the appropriate involvement of parents in the life of any child and specifically the issue of responsible fatherhood, and the development of a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities in efforts to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood.?
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About the President?s Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative
Fatherlessness is a growing crisis in America, one that undergirds many of the challenges that families are facing. When dads aren?t around, young people are more likely to drop out of school, use drugs, be involved in the criminal justice system, and become young parents themselves.
In case you didn?t catch that, the last two sentences WERE part of this media campaign. ?The statement is debatable ? but with this kind of clout behind the indoctrination, who?s going to stand up to it? ?The Domestic Violence Coalitions?
Not if they want their grants next year; besides those that didn?t ?play ball? and join the coalition, don?t get the grants. ? Those that play their cards right (and you KNOW I?ve named them on this blog, repeatedly) get more money. ?They?re not stupid enough to go single-handedly up against: ?Ford, MacArthur Foundation, and Annie E. Casey (who has a seat at the National Conference of Mayors, and almost every where else that has the word ?kids? on or near it?.). ?Right?
Actually, to answer ?who?s paying? we?d also have to know where the USGovernment gets its money from. It?s not all from taxes ? a LOT of it is from return on investments, but thats a CAFR topic?. for another day.
In actually looking up the term ?NCRF? (written out) and ?Frances Ballard? I got only three basic links:
<>Women in Fatherhood Inc. (as above). ?<>Claudine Dombrowski?s blog complaining about WIFI (I?m glad someone has been at least reading some of my sh*t here), i.e., ?caught?em in the act,? and my own blogs on it. Claudine, who is a BADLY battered Mom from Kansas (I?ve read the case docket, it?s off the charts, like so many are), from which state we got the current head of Secretary of HHS ? caught part of the WIFI women?s media campaign on:
site, and reblogged it, with her commentary. ?Good!
Also, a JIGSAW business card listing the contact info for Mrs. Ballard at the National Fatherhood Initiative, and another one on Spoke.com
BUT ? if I wanted to really know what she did (in this capacity) and what she was PAID to do it (and by whom) ? where would I look? ?At the Maryland Corporations Database?
Well, here it is:
Charter Search Results for: NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVELooks like someone let it slip temporarily: ?You can see it was formed 8/11/1994, address 20410 Observation Drive #107, Germantown, MD (note, not far from DC, is it?) and the incorporation agent was Roland warren ?It?s ?ordinary business- Non-stock? ? its STATE OF FORMATION is PENNSYLVANIA! ? and whether it?s Close/Not Close is unknown?). It went on and off several times in Maryland, the record shows (?amendments?)
ANYHOW? it?s interesting that when an organization goes ?out? like that, one can?t view the older records on-line. ?That?s convenient for such a prominent organization, huh?
Now, about ?Down the Rabbit Hole We Go? ? this is the trail. ? That long intro was just my warning, after playing ?Alice? or a while here, of where this led.
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OK ? it was looking at this site which led me to a school in Santa Monica where one can get an MA in spiritual psychology, or where faculty whose original specialty was belly dancing and hypnosis, after going (for the degree in Spiritual Psychology) can hop on over to the Saybrook Institute (which actually WAS accredited) and get a higher, more advanced degree in hypnosis, and mind-body-energies (mostly on-line) from an institute based on Front Street, San Francisco. ?All of this ? or some of it ? will fulfil the qualifications to take up some court-ordered marriage counseling, at least in California ?should you, perhaps, be contemplating divorce, and have children. ?You are forewarned?.
If I?m talking a little nutty here, be aware that what you?re about to read (scrolling down), I just did. ?Let?s see how you end up afterwards. ?Being aware, as I am, that this is in part why women leaving violent relationships can neither leave them, nor (generally speaking) actually get their child support orders enforced sufficient to do so. ?As withJim Crow, there may have been a BRIEF window when this was possible (possibly in the early 1990s; I?ve talked to a few who did), but after that, the doors snapped shut. ?And there are REASONS the whole thing looks like a cult, or a series of them connected at the fount of blessings (HHS grants), or at least, the internet marketplace.
Which, by the way, is not a level playing field, either, although one may stand a chance there.
Oh, and with Charles A. Ballard as principal investigator on a large grant to evaluate the program his nonprofit was running, probably while he was also on its board of directors at the time, getting over $100K salary?
INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD?
& FAMILY REVITALIZATION ?3594 Hayes St. NE Ste. 102
Washington, DC 20019-7522 (one of several addresses found for the institute)Population Served: Custodial and non-custodial fathers, TANF Recipients
Area Served: Primary target area is Ward 7 in DC; also serve those who are referred by our collaborative partnersTurning the hearts of? fathers unto their children?
We are a 20 year old grass roots organization working with? fathers and mothers to enhance self-worth and communication skills to empower them a parent to take charge of their homes and families
Services Offered:
- Paternity establishment
- Domestic violence Intervention
- Father & mother parenting support sessions
- Family Support Services
- Job Readiness & Job Search Skills
- Child Support Assistance
The website is sponsored (it says in fine print at the bottom) by InterCHANGE.org,? sounds decent enough:
InterCHANGE.org, an intersection on the Internet pointing to resources by and about African people produced by?
CA-FAM III, Inc, a non-profit? corporation dedicated to social change through the effective use of networked intelligence. ?(one can read about this one, which goes far back and has some connections to neighborhood community development groups, etc.)
You can see CA-FAM III, Inc. was exploring the concept of networking on video and alternate information exchanges, before the internet was up and running. ?the ?institute? above had at least two levels of organization involved ? Interchange is a product of CA-FAM III, Inc. whose client was ?ROMROS? (Reaching Our Men, Reaching Our Sons)?CA-FAM III?s current clientele includes:
- African Heritage Dancers and Drummers
- AHEAD, Inc.
- The Association of Black Psychologists
- Philippine Centennial Foundation USA
- The International Black Buyers & Manufacturers Expo and Conference
- Reach Our Men, Reach Our Sons
REACH OUR MEN, REACH OUR SONS COALITION?
?Reviving and Building on the Success of the Million Man March?
The lives of our children are full of confusion, anger and violence.? For many there is no vision and the future seems hopeless. They are crying out for our love, our guidance and our commitment to make positive changes in their lives and their community.?
This??Coalition had ?members? which included the Institute for Family Revitalization. ?I understand ? a different (for the time) means of organizing socially, with the goal of social change, and focusing on the African Diaspora. ?Addressing Racism, the consequences of global slavery.? I notice that one organization member is a Family Crisis Center, offering a Battered Woman?s Shelter, and Supervised (and unsupervised) Visitation Services, and DV counseling for ?couples experiencing violence.? (joint counseling, sounds like ? dangerous!). ?This tells me someone had already adopted a model by then and later (probably) being marketed from Duluth ? which is not to treat the battering as a crime, but to counsel couples out of it.. . .
A sponsoring and Member Organization is ?Fathers and Sons? but this is the contact: (see site)
WEBSITE:http://www.innervisionsworldwide.com?(hover cursor/since 1998)
Contact Person: Adeyemi Bandele
Facilitating The Evolution of Human Consciousness
. . .One Mind, One Heart, One Life, One Spirit at a time.Founded by Iyanla and Gemmia Vanzant in 1998, Inner Visions teaches and offers a variety of classes, workshops and relationship building tools, based on universal laws and spiritual principles. Our offerings are designed to facilitate and support Personal Development and Spiritual Evolution.
Hours of Operation: 9:00a.m. ? 5:00 p.m.??Population Served: Boys and Men all ages??Area Served: Metropolitan Area,? National ?(Amazing life story; born in the back of a Brooklyn Taxicab from extramarital, mother died early (she was 2), left with relatives, incl. an uncle who raped her (at 9), went to school, brief stint as an public defender attorney, married an abuser, 3 kids by age 21, basically homeless with a 16 yr old public daughter ? eventually she got to teaching, training, writing and became very successful. ?Mentions became a ?Yoruba Priestess? (Nigerian for ?Great Mother? in 1983) ?Also described in ?wikipedia? as an ordained minister of ?New Age Thought.?
A friend invited her to teach a class for women who were being trained to transition from welfare to work. Understanding their predicament very well, Iyanla took her new job seriously. She produced a workbook for the class. In 1988, that workbook became her first published work, Tapping The Power Within: A Path To Self Empowerment For Black Women. The 20th. Anniversary edition of this book was published in 2008. (Smiley Books/Hay House). Her second work, Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations For People of Color, crossed the racial divide to become a favorite companion for Tipper Gore, wife of then Vice President Al Gore. 13 publications and 5 New York Times Best Sellers were not a part of Iyanla?s plans. Then again, the best laid plan tend to go awry.
Iyanla has received numerous?awards and accolades for the power and impact of her work. She received She is hailed as one of Halle Berry?s five ?Sheros? (Glamour Magazine 2006); one of the country?s most influential African Americans (Ebony Magazine 2004); among the country?s most 100 Influential Women (Women?s Day Magazine 2003); one of the ?most dynamic speakers in the United States? (Emerge Magazine 2000). She is a woman of passion, clear vision and purpose.
ALSO:?a Master?s Degree in Spiritual Psychology (University of Santa Monica)**{{Note, below}} ?2 Honorary Degrees (City University of New York and Georgia State University), an Emmy, an NAACP Image Award, a Rosa Parks Award (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) or the keys and honorary citizenship to Five Cities.
ALSO Chief Executive Officer of Inner Visions Worldwide, Inc. Spiritual Life Maintenance Center in Silver Spring, MD, Vanzant conducts workshops and classes and coordinates a correspondence prison ministry with more than 3,500 incarcerated members in over 150 penal institutions nationwide. In October 2000, Iyanla headed the faculty of the Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development, offering a two-year certification program in Spiritual Counseling and Life Coaching, based on the principles covered in her best selling books
Yowza!
Donations
?When you share your resources, the Law of Circulation is at your service!
As we experience an expanded realization of our onenesss with all life, an organic desire arises to share, to participate in the Law of Circulation, to be a vehicle for the well-being of others. Spiritually mature use of the Law of Circulation reflects a wisdom-guided use of our resources, including money.
Realizing the true Source of our supply is living in authentic alignment with the universal Law of Circulation. We then give thanks for our abundance, and our joy is in circulating and sharing it. I like to say that we give to live until we live to give.
It is Undifferentiated Substance that takes the form of whatever it is we require: livelihood, food, money, and so on. It is ours to gratefully accept, use and share.?
~ Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Excerpted from Living from the Overflow
Donations can be mailed to:
Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development
P.O. Box 8517
Silver Spring, MD 20907www.GemmiaLynnetteVanzantFoundation.org
As a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization your donations and tithes to
Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance, Inc. are tax deductable
Apparently so, although staying registered at the state level is a whole other project: (note, in chart below, 2008 is on the top because of the Org. Title?s lack of an ?inc? in the name).
ORGANIZATION NAME | STATE | YEAR | TOTAL ASSETS | FORM | PAGES | EIN |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance | MD | 2008 | $15,020 | 990 | 28 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2011 | $100,094 | 990 | 24 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2010 | $98,563 | 990 | 26 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2009 | $66,716 | 990 | 27 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2007 | $15,306 | 990 | 30 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2006 | $71,236 | 990 | 29 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2005 | $191,668 | 990 | 26 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2004 | $15,314 | 990 | 27 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2003 | $9,002 | 990 | 26 | 31-1723212 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc. | MD | 2002 | $5,807 | 990 | 32 | 31-1723212 |
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As of 2011, it looks like a modest operation, PO Box in MD matches the solicitation page, they are doing ONLY Personal Growth, and Train the Trainers to do Personal Growth. ?There are only two on the board ? Iyanla Vanzant (president, earning ca $35K, President) and Almasi Wilcotts, Secretary, earning more like $57K. ?I note that the name ?Almasi Wilcots? below, incorporated the ?Forfeited? version of this corporation with the ?Do Not Revive? stipulations. ?There are about a dozen ?inner visions? or ?InnerVisions? (no space) registered (and most, forfeited), looks like about evry other year, by different people with different addresses, some are trade names. ?So, apparently at least the theme has been popularized ? but is this organization, above, a nonprofit and taking ANY money as a nonprofit legally? ?Maybe too small for the IRS to notice. . . .
How can a NON-organization that ? apparently ? does not exist as a corporation (of any kind) where it says its address is (i.e., in Maryland) ? and never did exist as a nonprofit? but as a Stock Corp, ?non-close?? ?be up on the 990foundationfinder (which is to say, filed with the IRS) as a nonprofit?
(maryland) Charter Search Results for: INNER VISIONS SPIRITUAL LIFE MAINTENANCE INC
Top row shows it was originally a stock corporation formed 1994, forfeited usually for not filing annual report for two years, the second one shows different address and person and it was revived in 1998, then forfeited again in 2004, with a note it was forfeited by the Comptroller ?Do not revive again without clearance from the Comptroller.?
(the 2nd incorporation, above)
(click on its ?Amendments? page to see the status mentioned above).Entity Name: INNER VISIONS SPIRITUAL LIFE MAINTENANCE, INC.
Dept ID #: D05051552
searching ?Inner Visions? in Maryland at least, we see lots of companies with the name, of which only ONE (an Art Group) is still functional. ?I wonder if the forfeited ones are still taking donations? ?And if it was ever a genuine 501(c)3:
BACK TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATION:
Yep, California has a lot of this: ?Santa Monica is the home of a lot of stuff like this, which is to say, religions. ?Possibly that?s why right-wing religious groups like the ?Pacific Justice Institute? ?or Initiatives like the ?California Healthy Marriage Coalition? love to cut their teeth on the pagans (while continuing to ignore and diminish violence against women and children in their own religious ranks):
Right now, more than any time in history, people are evaluating their lives through the filter of these essential questions:
1) Who Am I?
2) What Is My Purpose?
3) How Can I Make a Meaningful Contribution?For over 30 years, the University of Santa Monica, the?Worldwide Center for the Study and Practice of Spiritual Psychology?, has been diligently and lovingly providing innovative Master?s Degree Programs in Spiritual Psychology. The University?s Soul-Centered experiential educational paradigm evokes in students their own answers to these three essential questions resulting in more purposeful and fulfilling lives. Each individual student is recognized, honored, and respected for the Essence of who they truly are.
Spiritual Psychology being a trademarked phrase, however as it turns out the ideas behind it are plagiarized?which is an ancient, though dishonorable practice:
The first three are copyrighted to USM, one in 1985, the others more recently (like, 2009). ?If you look at them (please do) ? the GOODS & SErVICes pretty well parallel the ?TECHNICAL AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE? materials of fatherhood, marriage promotion, abstinence education, violence-prevention, or you name it: ?Conducting seminars, workshops, trainings, distributing workbooks certifying trainers, on-line materials etc. ?ALl that differs, slightly, is the material running through the pipes. ?But the plumbing (the delivery system) is pretty much the same. ?With the exception, some have more HHS (getting government grants) clout than others? ?But all are Missionary-zealous marketing..
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Grammatically speaking ?who they truly are? IS a person?s essence (Small ?e?) and there is not a ?who I truly am? outer shell, with a secret kernel even more deep-deep-deeper called ?essence.? ?I?m talking language. ?If who a person ?truly is? is not their (smile) essence, then ?who they truly are? and ?essence? become meaningless as words. ?What this (religion) is getting at is we pre-existed as something else, and the ?human? part is just clothing. Many religions say this, they are not the first. ?what?s different, perhaps, is blending the word ?psychology? in. ?read on.
The ?Essence? of this University is probably its trademarks, and business operations + its religious appeal to the less than traditionally religions = profits (as do the traditionally religious groups also).
Singular subject (?Each individual?, plural noun ?they? ?while this is common, it?s going to be very commonplace to mix things up in a place called ?spiritual psychology? ? even the website explaining that also got their facts (i.e., word origins) a little jumbled). ?It should?ve been ?students are recognized? for the Essence of who THEY? are ? but the promo wants to emphasize individuality. ?But to do this and have grammar straight, it would have to then read ?Each individual student is ?recognized?. for the Essence of who he or she truly is.? ?In California, especially, saying ?he or she? may be too limiting, what about LGBT, cross-dressers, etc?
The website on ?What is Spiritual Psychology? is also decides by ignoring the topic of ?spirit? and blending it into ?psyche.? ?From a page defining (the trademarked phrase) ?Spiritual Psychology? we can see ? as with the National Resource Clearinghouse on Responsible Fatherhood, pay attention! ? the use of the phrase being defined in the definition, a.k.a. beating around the bush?.. (Circular reasoning):
The Spiritual Dimension of Human Consciousness
If you look up the word ?psyche? in the dictionary, you will find ?breath, principle of life, Soul.? But if you look up ?psychology,? you will find ?the science of mind and behavior.?
And if you had any academic background, you?d look at the root word of both, and then the root word of ?spirit.? (all these definitions from the same on-line, for what that?s worth):
Latin, from Greek?psych??soul?First Known Use: 1590
Psychology (from the same source, Merriam-webster):
1: the science of mind and behavior
2a : the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group
b : the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activityOrigin of PSYCHOLOGY
By comparison, ?Origin of ?SPIRIT?:Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, espirit, spirit, from Latin spiritus, literally, breath, from spirare to blow, breathe
New Latin psychologia, from psych- + -logia -logy
First Known Use: 1653
First Known Use: 13th centuryRelated to SPIRITSynonyms: psyche, soul ?{{obviously not an exact synonym}}
Antonyms: nonintoxicantDefinition of ?spirit?? (there are about 14; these are just a few)
1. an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms
2:?a supernatural being or essence: as
c?:?an often malevolent being that is bodiless but can become visible;?specifically?:?ghost?2d?:?a malevolent being that enters and possesses a human being
3:?temper or disposition of mind or outlook especially when vigorous or animated?<in high?spirits>
4:?the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person
It?s a matter of words used to describe behaviors, ?mind? on one part, and to describe something related to that which gives life, is immaterial, supernatural, or bodiless, on the second part. ? It?s impossible to describe either without adopting a worldview or, essentially, framework ? and it?s the adoption of this or that framework, which is the act of religion. ?I mean, words are symbols anyhow ? it?s how they are assembled that creates ?some sort of meaning for the speakers and hearers (or, if that?s the intention, hides the meaning). ?For example, this ?Spiritual psychology? is like trying to blend that which was separated in previous belief systems, and without getting into the history of religion ? most religious systems believe in some form of spirit!
The Bible (the book, lit. calling itself the Word of God ) states specifically (Hebrews 4:12 and elsewhere) that spirit and soul (pneuma ? obviously related to the word for ?breath,? and which is translated ?spirit? ? pneumonia, etc., and ?psuche? for soul, which is in one passage that comes to mind a term for a person lacking ?spirit? (meaning lacking holy spirit), i.e., a ?Natural? (Psuchikos) individual. ? (I Corinthians 2). ?Here?s some Greek (click or hover on the words ?spiritual? or in the last verse ?natural? (Psuchikos). ?In this worldview, they are separate. ?the phrase ?body, soul and spirit? are a phrase in a Pauline epistle.
Maybe this is right, maybe this is wrong ? but it is a use of language reflecting a worldview. In this world view, you cant know the things of God without the spirit of god; hence elsewhere (same set of epistles) it talks about ?discerning of spirits.?
When you get right down to it, many of the spiritual traditions are going to talk about having an experience of leaving the body behind anyhow?.. ! ?Another way to have such an ?experience? comes from severe trauma and shock (i.e., ?dissociation?) or mediation, yoga, any number of practices which are designed, or in practice, to provide such a sensation of being ?out of one?s body.? ? Victims of severe child (and other) abuse can have it, too?
But when it comes to some of this California crowd, they are (as it turns out) quite sensual and material when it comes to basics like money, and sex, i.e., they want it and lots of it, for as low a price (having volunteer followers helps) as possible!
However, the USM website continues, after my rude language lecture pointing out that essentially all this phrase does is blur the boundaries of language. ?As it goes with (cults) other boundaries get blurred, too?.
Somehow, in the translation from essence to practice, the most important aspect of ?psyche? has been lost. At the University of Santa Monica, we recognize our task as reintegrating the spiritual dimension back into the essence of an authentic psychological inquiry.
What is Spiritual Psychology?
Spiritual Psychology is the study and practice of the art and science of human evolution in consciousness.?To engage in this genre, we must begin by distinguishing the essence of human evolution?what does it mean to evolve? In short, it means learning how to identify, recognize, and navigate successfully, within the Context of Spiritual Psychology. . . .
Yes (see red, above). Spiritual Psychology is the study and practice of the art and science of human consciousness evolution. ?What is evolution? ?Forget Darwin ? evolution is learning how to frame your identity, recognition and navigation successfully attuned to the North star of Spiritual Psychology ? but be aware, we own the trademark to that phrase.. ?for this, you will need gurus. ?Welcome to our ?training rooms?.?
EVOKING ANSWERS TO THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1) Who Am I?
The University?s Master?s Degree Programs engage students experientially in the Principles and Practices of Spiritual Psychology. This technology empowers you to convert your everyday life experiences into rungs on the ladder of?Spiritual Evolution. Classes are conducted in a Soul-Centered educational environment, pioneered by Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick, that acknowledges Spiritual Reality and begins with the recognition that we are not human beings with a Soul; we are Souls having a human experience.
FROM HUFFINGTON POST FEED ON THE DIRECTORS we find a degree in psychology and ? surprise ? a marriage and family therapist! How many marriage and family therapists are members of cults or religions (probably, most..) Background color more green (HuffPost theme is green):
Please read this ONCE and see if you can tell, by the readthrough ? which Dr. got His or Her degrees in what, where? ?In other words, see if one read-through lets you tell Ron?s schooling from Mary?s schooling. ?It took ?me several times. ?(Ignore my *1 & *2 til after)
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Dr. H. Ronald Hulnick has served as the President of the University of Santa Monica in Santa Monica, Calif., since 1983.{{*1}}?He is responsible for directing all aspects of the University?s well-being, {{*2}}including serving as a member of the University Board of Trustees, supervising and directing financial areas such as budget preparation, implementation and evaluation, long-range planning and fundraising, and overseeing all current and proposed university offerings.Dr. Hulnick holds a Ph.D. in counseling and educational psychology from New Mexico State University and an M.A. in clinical psychology from Long Island University. Licensed in the state of California as a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Hulnick has been in private practice for over 25 years, working with individuals, couples, families and groups.
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Dr. Mary R. Hulnick has served as the Chief Academic Officer of the University of Santa Monica since 1981. In this role, she is responsible for all academic matters including curriculum development, academic standards and policy, faculty/student relationships and faculty development at USM. She also has an active role in the University?s Executive Team and provides leadership of staff and faculty in the areas of administrative and executive functioning at the University.
Licensed as a clinical psychologist and as a marriage and family therapist in the state of California, Dr. Hulnick has maintained a private practice for over 25 years, working with individuals, couples, families and groups. Her special emphases and gifts include the areas of spiritual psychology, consciousness counseling, couples counseling, nurturing the divine feminine and answering the call.
Dr. Hulnick holds both a Ph.D. and an M.S. degree in counseling and guidance from Iowa State University. She is a member of Psi Chi, a national honorary psychology fraternity, and Sigma Tau Delta, a national honorary English fraternity. She is a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors and is also a member of the American Psychological Association
. . . ?The University?s Programs in spiritual psychology are offered within the context of soul-centered education, which recognizes spiritual reality and begins with the assertion*4 that rather than human beings who have a soul; we are souls having a human experience. This principle evokes a radical paradigm shift, which results in a psychological and educational process*4 whose goal is to bring forth the beauty, wisdom and compassion inherent in every human being.?
In co-creative partnership, Ron and Mary have provided leadership in designing, implementing, and facilitating the University?s Graduate Degree Programs in spiritual psychology; consciousness, health and healing; and soul-centered leadership. They are actively involved in designing programs and seminars for the University, including USM?s Online Classroom.*3
*1{{I?ll look up the corporate side in a bit here}}
*2 ?the University?s well-being.? ?Cute (they?re spiritual psychologists running a university and are concerned about everyone?s well-being, plus the University?s). {{Would that be the well-being of the Only the Essence of the university, or does it reach further outward into the well-being of Who the university Truly Is? ?I mean, it is too a university which pre-existed, but only too physical shape when it got buildings, a website (capital & income), students, and evangelists publicists, an empassioned down-line with missionary zeal graduates?
*3, yes, there is a real beauty wisdom, and compassion in making sure there?s an Online Classroom for the university?
*4 ?recognizes spiritual reality and begins with the assertion? {{OK, to recognize a spiritual reality ?? implies receiving a revelation, which brings up the question? from who or what?? ? to Begin with the assertion ? which is entirely different ? is to pronounce a creed. ?This is the language of religion. ?Assertion = ?Credo? == take it on faith, but I assert, we assert. ?Further down, this post, the co-founder of USM, or at least someone who interviewed and reported on him, details where that person got his revelation from, after being in a long coma and a kidney-stone operation}}?.
It?s the language which tells what?s up (in addition to the tax returns, etc.).
Elsewhere on the site,
OK, answers to the Who?s Who quiz: ? He is ?Dr. Hulnick? ? being the head of the household? ?Rather than an equality ? He?s ?Dr. Ron Hulnick? and she?s ?Dr. Mary Hulnick? ? he gets the main designation (and comes first) and she needs a first name designator. ?He?s the boss (see underlined phrases near the top): ?like God (?) he oversees, implements and directs all. ? ?His academics (though less than hers) come first, then his work. ?Her work comes first, then her degrees AND honors. ? He?s New Mexico State and Long Island Univ. ?She?s Iowa State (both degrees) and has some honors in various fraternities including an English one ? which beats me, as their writing and grammar in the website ain?t that great.
Look again ? in his descriptive paragraph, it?s third person. ?There is no pronoun designating gender. Readers should automatically know that the man is primary and goes first in any married couple therefore, there?s no need to clarify WHICH ?Dr. Hulnick? is referred to up front:
Dr. Hulnick holds a Ph.D. in counseling and educational psychology from New Mexico State University and an M.A. in clinical psychology from Long Island University. Licensed in the state of California as a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Hulnick has been in private practice for over 25 years, working with individuals, couples, families and groups.
They are both into the same field which correlates REALLy well with high pay (at the Ph.D.) and taking referral business from the government (or working in a DHS department). ?Counseling, Education, and Psychology. ?Further down on the HuffPost article we also notice USM takes advantage of a nearby women?s prison at Chowchilla, reached out to them, wrote it up (filmed) and is making money off the incarcerated women. ?That?s nice:
Ron is the founder of USM?s Prison Project, a service project conducted by USM graduates at Valley State Women?s Prison in Chowchilla, Calif. This service project inspired the award-winning documentary ?Freedom to Choose,? for which both Ron and Mary served as executive producers. The ?Freedom to Choose? documentary won the 2009 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the documentary category at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival
NOTE: ?religions and training groups love captive audiences, whether welfare populations court-ordered to attend trainings (to get Food stamps ?in order to eat, or to stay out of prison for nonpayment of child support arrears). ?How ironic they both went after a female population of prisoners. ?However Ron founded this prison project conducted by the USM students. ?I notice also USM degree-holder (graduate) Rev. Dr. Iyanla is also running a prison project in Maryland.
THE ESSENCE (some definitions) OF UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MONICA ?
You may notice I like to get at the ?essence? of things according to various measurements ? including, their corporate status, tax status, grantee or not status, founders, and from that basic diagram ? is the organization honest? ?Because, how can one be honest and profit from others labors (which being a nonprofit, taking tax-exempt status, or incorporating to take in money and customers as a business, but then failing to play by the rules of incorporation ? in essence, failing to account to others who do Not incorporate (or do) in this same system where, to do business IN America, OR in any of its various states and territories, one is supposed to fess up, show up, and pay up, i.e., register your commerce?
(If people do not do this, how can then the US tax the ethical and have a booming narco-dollars business with the unethical? ?Sorry, just a comment there? but think about it ? we are supporting a huge superstructure of lawyers, courts, jails, courthouses, and other institutions to which judges send people that show up in front of them. ?Or, ex parte, don?t. ? ?So, let?s keep it above board, or let?s quit utilizing a system that refuses to play fair! ?Or, just call it what it is ? BUSINESS, not ?Government?!)
Even wikipedia (which notes, ?there are issues with this article?) gives some clues:
The?University of Santa Monica?is a private?unaccredited graduate school?in Santa Monica, California??offering master?s*?of arts in spiritual psychology.
(*that?s a typo, it?s ?masters?)
The University was founded in March 1976 by?Roger Delano Hinkins, an educator, author and lecturer who is also known as John-Roger and founder of the?Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness?(MSIA). He was joined in 1980 by Dr. H. Ronald Hulnick and Dr. Mary R. Hulnick (former faculty members at?New Mexico State University), who shortly thereafter took on the roles and responsibilities as President and Academic Vice President, respectively
Calling it a ?university? is EXTREMELY misleading. ?It only offers two degrees, apparently, and those degrees allow people fulfils the requirements to register as a California Marriage and Family Therapist in California, it says. ?Let?s look at HOW: ?Monthly trips (one meeting a month) to the campus for nine months out of the year, and an intensive 5-day practicum! In 2008 (it says), even with this flexible format there were a whopping 500 students.
Re: ?The Freedom to Choose project ? the idea is not original. It?s based on the (much more respectable) work of Viktor Frankl. ? Moreover, they used USM volunteers to do the actual legwork and used the stories of women in prison, then took it and got a Cannes Festival Award:
?Forty-six volunteer graduates from USM?s M.A. Program in Spiritual Psychology traveled to this maximum-security women?s prison?
I think women in prison?s stories should be told. ?I just don?t like cult-like groups that exploit others for profit and fame.
| Entity Number | Date Filed | Status | Entity Name | Agent for Service of Process |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C0780117 | 03/01/1976 | ACTIVE | UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MONICA | LEIGH BRIGGIN |
| C0850141 | 08/08/1977 | ACTIVE | UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MONICA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | RON HULNICK |
(I clicked on the top row). ?Even though this University is ?not registered? it tried ? in 2012 apparently ? to register as a raffle to raise money! resulting in this letter from California Attorney General?s office (Kamala Harris). ?I guess they don?t understand what is the Essence of being an Educational Institution..
I did get an EIN# though: ? 510207234
March 19, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MONICA ~2107 WILSHIRE BLVD ~SANTA MONICA CA 90403
RE: APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION, NON-PROFIT RAFFLE PROGRAM (CT-NRP-1)
The Application for Registration received for the above organization is being returned for the following reason:
o Educational institutions are not subject to Raffle registration with this office. o Religious institutions are not subject to Raffle registration with this office. o Hospitals are not subject to Raffle registration with this office. o Other:
We are returning your application and check.
Doc CT-702 Raffle App Not Subject
Sincerely,
Staff Services Analyst Registry of Charitable Trusts
KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General
Their assets are steadily increasing, which would make sense if you are training California Marriage and Family Therapists, and others (same idea) who are becoming successful trainers, marketers, speakers, and referring business back to the home ship.
ORGANIZATION NAME | STATE | YEAR | TOTAL ASSETS | FORM | PAGES | EIN |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2010 | $5,449,910 | 990 | 25 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2009 | $4,524,510 | 990 | 26 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2008 | $4,265,601 | 990 | 20 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2007 | $3,842,953 | 990 | 22 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2006 | $3,420,002 | 990 | 18 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2005 | $2,928,483 | 990 | 18 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2004 | $2,439,851 | 990 | 18 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2003 | $2,375,317 | 990 | 18 | 51-0207234 |
| University of Santa Monica | CA | 2002 | $2,235,539 | 990 | 17 | 51-0207234 |
OK, a quick look. ?Ron Hulnick of course is the principal officer (I looked at the top one, for year 2009):
Their tax-exempt purpose is ?The study and practice of spiritual psychology including conveying masters and doctoral degrees.?
Again, a 990 is a quick snapshot of what a group does (to the extent it?s reasonably truthful). ?I see immediately that the contributions to program service income ratio this year was about 1:6 ($838,116:$4,703,976), and the prior year which was (643,340:4,053,027), which in my pea-sized math brain ?see as <1:6 and prior year just >1:6. ?However this year their investment income was way down, (29K to 3K, poor investment choices?) as was their ?other revenue? (all this is on p.1 of the 990). ?As were, come to notice, their grants (from 228K to 70K). ?At the same time, their salaries went UP by almost $600K. ?The ?officers and Key trustees? pages (which are to show WHO, and how much the WHO worked, and were paid, and if they got income from any related organizations) ? are completely, completely blank! ? However ?independent contractor? Leigh Briggin (see above corporate registrations), a CPA, was paid $110,867, and a graphic designer, $106K. ?I can see why, given the business it?s in?)
Their $4 million income is tuition, plus they are paid room and board. ?But it?s a public service organization anyhow. ?Part X (balance sheet) shows $2.9 million invested in ?Public traded securities? -which is to say, someone else?s debt ? which is why I want to wind up this blog and talk about those matters instead. ? ? They have also invested (an unusual entry for a 990, but not an unusual investment): ??GOLD AND SILVER/ 2,000 SHARES OF VERTEX/ ARTWORK. ?(VERTEX is a pharmaceutical ? developing small molecule drugs for various diseases including Hep-C)
?Dr. Ron & Dr. Mary each earned $226,615 this particular year. ?3 others (including ?Brand Director? (Kirk Souder, Education U. Delaware [BS in VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS] and Here, see LInkedIn) and ?online director? earned over $100k. ?
Take a look ? because this TYPE of work is also the TYPE of work that the fatherhood (and other) train ing, advertising, resource centering stuff is also in ? only through government. ?I think the article has something to say about the world we live in, where USM can be called a ?University? although it only has one basic product ? qualification as a marriage therapist, a certain religious world view, and a demonstration of how to market niche others? ideas (USM ideas are not original, just the packaging. ?Kirk Souder?s probably are, but I?m talking about, what people do who go through USM):
GMMB Taps Kirk Souder as Exec Creative Director
DC Shops Gain More Visibility in Hot Campaign Season
By: Ira Teinowitz Published: July 10, 2008WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) ? Former Publicis[t] & Hal Riney President-Executive Creative Director Kirk Souder will become executive creative director of Omnicom Group?s GMMB in Washington. It?s yet another sign of increased visibility for Washington shops amid continued strong spending on political and public-policy campaigns.
GMMB is one of the top shops for Democratic candidates. Its partner Jim Margolis is co-head of Sen. Barack Obama?s campaign ad team ? a campaign GMMB also buys media for. Since early last year GMMB has bought more than $90 million in media for the Obama campaign.
Kirk Souder
GMMB is also handling advertising and media for a number of other high-profile Democratic candidates this year. On the public-policy side, it handles the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Save Darfur Coalition and others. The agency has offices in Washington, Los Angeles and London, and a 200-person staff.Mr. Souder, 46, is co-founder of Los Angeles agency Ground Zero. He left San Francisco-based Publicis & Hal Riney in 2004 to get a degree in psychology, spend more time with family and consult. He had been based in Los Angeles and most recently consulted for Granite Pass.
He said the new position ? he also will be a partner at GMMB ? came out of a consulting request from GMMB?s Los Angeles office.
The ?alumni association? that registered with California Corporation in 1977 finally got round to registering as a nonprofit association in 1990, per the OAG record, and its EIN# is 95318788. ?The latter is showing RRFs (no IRS forms -possibly because the exact same amount, $10,872 ? shows for every single year) ? but right now I can?t open them, or look at the founding documents, besides, who cares?
OK, were you even just a LITTLE bit curious about ?MSIA? and the co-founder of this (weird, and not too bright) ?University of Santa Monica? which tried to register as a raffle-raiser for itself? ?So was I, and ? look, I knew pretty quickly it was a cult, but here?s the rest of the info. ?Just for the record Hulnick came along later, from New Mexico (with his wife), right?
The University was founded in March 1976 by?Roger Delano Hinkins, an educator, author and lecturer who is also known as John-Roger and founder of the?Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness?(MSIA)
They all like to be ?founders.? ?So, Roger Delano Hinkins had an alter-ego, or at least alternate name, ?John-Roger?
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