Brittany Murphy Charity Solicits Funds For PROFIT
This is terrible. Simon Monjack, Brittany's husband, and Sharon Murphy, her mother, say they started a children's charity for art education called The Brittany Murphy Foundation. According to TMZ's digging, the so called charity that has been soliciting funds for the past month is not properly registered with IRS or the State of California.
The California Secretary of State's office told TMZ there are no records for The Brittany Murphy Foundation. The state Attorney General's office also has no record of the organization as a nonprofit group -- and the IRS says the foundation has not filed for a non-profit license.
By law, any foundation soliciting money has to disclose the fact that it is not registered as a nonprofit.
On Friday, the website was taken "down for maintenance".
