“This has been a long effort,” said Morrissey, adding it took exactly one year to achieve. “We had to work with the IRS to prove to them that we are a legitimate organization by showing them what we are doing and how we are doing it.”
He said being a charitable organization “legitimizes that we’ve been vetted and proven to be doing good deeds within the community.”
“This has been a long effort,” said Morrissey, adding it took exactly one year to achieve. “We had to work with the IRS to prove to them that we are a legitimate organization by showing them what we are doing and how we are doing it.”
He said being a charitable organization “legitimizes that we’ve been vetted and proven to be doing good deeds within the community.”
Birth of an organization
Initially, Morrissey said the effort to create the foundation began with legislative proposals he and his wife hoped to see passed to bring change to the opioid epidemic.