HSUS to Absorb AVAR - look at the money

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This is from The AMP Newsletter. The money at the bottom shocked me.
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HSUS ABSORBS AVAR; WILL COUNTER AVMA

As we noted last week, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) announced that AVAR is re-forming as a division of the HSUS, to be called the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA). Despite the groups framing the move as a "joining of forces" this is hardly a merger of financial equals: In 2006 IRS filings, the AVAR reported assets of just $308,593 while the HSUS reported assets of $225,735,717.
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[Larry, Baby and Me]

$225,735,717.

That's a quarter of a billion dollars!!!

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$225,735,717.

That's a quarter of a billion dollars!!!

Somewhere along the line, you and I are picking up the slack to make up for their tax exempt status.