Ten questions for the AAI "board"

by Martin Boers

Atheist Alliance International (AAI) has just made their Annual Report 2022-2023 available to their Affiliate Members, ahead of their next illegitimate Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 12.

Here are ten questions that any Affiliate Member who attends the "AGM" might want to ask the so-called "board":

  1. The California Secretary of State website lists the current status of AAI (file number 3398233) as "Suspended - FTB/SOS", with an "Inactive Date" of 05/25/2021. The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) website states that "If your business is suspended, you cannot legally do business."

    This means that, under California law, AAI has not been legally allowed to do business since May 2021. However, the latest Annual Report admits to a great deal of business being conducted by AAI during 2022 and 2023.

    On what basis does AAI claim to have been operating legally in California, or in any other jurisdiction, since May 2021 to the present day?

  2. The Annual Report finally admits to members and donors that AAI is currently suspended in California, and "that suspension was due to statutory omissions going back a decade". Why was this very serious situation not disclosed in the Disclosure Document last year, or any time since? What does that say about the thoroughness of the "investigation" that resulted in the Disclosure Document? What other important information is being withheld from members and donors?

  3. In AAI's Fall Newsletter, the so-called "President" claims that "many [non-profits] may be unaware of their non-compliant status." When did the "board" first become aware of their non-compliant status, and how?

  4. Why is AAI still Suspended in California? What's taking so long?

  5. Has AAI been contacted by the IRS recently about their 501(c)(3) charitable status and/or other federal tax issues?

  6. What issues have the IRS asked AAI to address?

  7. What does the "board" still need to do to fully address the issues raised by the IRS?

  8. Is there a risk that AAI will lose its 501(c)(3) charitable status with the IRS? 

  9. Only weeks after the "EGM" in January this year, the "board" knowingly submitted false information to the California Attorney General (AG) about payments that were made to John Richards in 2017 and 2018, in contravention of California law. Why did it take a complaint to the AG's office from a whistle blower before the "board" submitted the correct information to the AG's office?

  10. AAI is currently on Probation with the California Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts, following earlier governance failures. In April this year, the AG's office told AAI that, as part of their probation conditions, "If the registrant violates its probation in any respect the Registrar may revoke its registration without further notice or proceeding." As can be seen on the AG's website, AAI's latest filings to the AG's office were due on 15 May 2023. When does the "board" plan to make these overdue filings? Why has the "board" risked the revocation of AAIs registration, and so soon after being granted Probation?

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