Martin Luther King Jr. is an American and global civil rights icon. His impact has reverberated for decades and will continue to do so. He is a man that made a difference.
But as a civil rights leader and a family man, he had bills. Something not often talked about. People needed to stay in hotels, lawyers in certain cases had to be paid. His children needed food, clothing and a home to sleep in.
Even today that’s the case for civil rights leaders and organizations. The fight for civil rights cost money. Both for it’s leadership and the overall organization.
So TaxAssurances put together a list of expenses that may show up on a non profit civil rights organization’s 990 tax form or expenses they simply have to pay to move the purpose of their organization forward.
Here is that list:
- airline tickets
- cabs/taxis
- hotels
- meals
- conference/convention fees
- cell phone
- employee salaries
- office rent
- office phone
- electric bill
- office supplies
- office paper
- office ink
- subscriptions to publications
- computer equipment
- office furniture
- bail money
- subcontractor payments/professional contract services
- attorney’s fees
- research staff
- court fees
- accountant’s fees
- media training
- public relations consultant
- insurance
- postage and shipping expenses
- printing, duplication and artwork for flyers and other marketing material
- donated materials and services
- misc. expense
- Oh yeah, and family expenses
So as we celebrate the life of an American treasure, it’s worth noting the real dollar costs that were laid out for his efforts. Efforts on so many levels that were not free.
Artist: Derek Russell
Titled: MLK
Media: oil on board
Size: 12″x16″
Painted in 2013
Commissioned and Collected by GSV Capital
Art Exhibited at the GSV Gallery in Woodside, CA
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