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“$45,000 for Women's Care Center of Erie County, Inc., for abstinence education and related services”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
2503 West 15th Street, Suite Three
Erie, PA
16505
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
Erie,
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
There's not really a good description on the site. They seem to offer advice and assistance to pregnant women, advising strongly against abortion. They have an online pregnancy test (I don't think it involves uploading a urine sample--actually a questionaire) which strikes me as being bizarre given the availability and relative cheapness of home pregnancy tests. They also offer education about birth and newborn care.
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
No
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
No
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
No
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets 
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Comments, notes, additional research...

Bill_Allison wrote:

Specter takes credit for plenty of earmarks (see <a href="http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=8be3ed89-86ae-4dd4-82e0-2997960a9440&Region_id=&Issue_id=">here</a>, <a href="http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=9f2e9cc3-8754-4359-8683-8dc89530f157&Region_id=&Issue_id=">here</a> and <a href="http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=efdb8035-f0de-4e87-85c5-b1fcd0bc41b9&Region_id=&Issue_id=">here</a> for examples, but not this one. In fact, it seems that none of his many abstinence only earmarks show up, or at least I didn't run across any of them.

posted October 17, 2007 at 12:01 a.m.

Bill_Allison wrote:

According to the organization's 2004 990 (the most recent one available from the Foundation Center: http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/251/251433389/251433389_200412_990.pdf), they got about $271K from governmnet support, $111K from public contributions, and $520K from program revenue (that is, raised through the various services they provide).

posted October 17, 2007 at 12:23 a.m.



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