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Officially Applied for Our 501(c)(3) Status

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Yesterday, we officially applied for our 501(c)(3) status that gives us the ability to work and help our people in a way that we could not do before. With this IRS designation, all our grant recipients will never have to worry about an income tax excised onto them unjustly for the financial support we give them. It also means that for our donors, they can make good use of the tax-deductible status allowed to donors that give to our charity and causes. For every donation made, we will email a receipt that they can include in their yearly tax returns. …

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TLP Founder Creates New Non-Profit Organization for Cystic Fibrosis

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As many of you know, our founder Maria was born with Cystic Fibrosis.  At the age of 5 her family was hit with a disastrous event in where she lost both her brothers, Junior  was 21 and Rey was 12 at the time, to a fatal car accident in Venezuela.  The death of her brother Rey had always been a looming day in the life of her family because Rey, like Maria, was born with Cystic Fibrosis though he was misdiagnosed most of his life and did not achieve the diagnosis until age 7.  By then the damage to his …

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