March 2017 – October 2017

Since our last update we have continued to fundraise for the cars restoration. The past seven months were slow for fundraising, but has been spent on continuous research of the history of the car’s usage – as we were fortunate enough to talk to more of the retired Marines and Veterans who enjoyed the cars illustrious past. During this time, we were also accomplishing the requirements of the IRS to resubmit our 501(c)3 status. This process has not been easy and is very time consuming, but in the end will allow us to support our current and future fundraising goals as an officially recognized non-profit organization. We had previously submitted this package but upon review, was returned with a request for further documentation and the need to meet certain requirements (that are getting finalized for the resubmission in the upcoming months). I am happy to report that with a redraft of our Foundations By-Laws and other required documents, having appointed two new members to the project, Joe Lilley and Paul Krug, and performing an audit and update to the required package, that we will resubmit and await approval from the IRS.