This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on March 29, 2013.
Michigan Compassion, launched in January is the state’s only federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated solely to Medical Cannabis Education and Advocacy. The organization is one of only four in the country to be granted this nonprofit status. Michigan Compassion is different from most Medical marijuana organizations because it does not dispense Cannabis and cannot lobby. Its mission is to help the public, patients and healthcare professionals understand what Medical Cannabis is and what conditions can be helped by it.
Michigan Compassion has become the only nonprofit Medical Marijuana organization in the country to receive a “lifetime” grant from Google. The organization’s director, Heidi Parikh says the yearly $240,000 in-kind donation will be used to heighten Michigan Compassion’s profile in search engines and gain it national visibility.
Michigan Compassion currently operates by a volunteer board of directors and is funded through donations, memberships, and in-kind services. It also has planned giving options and corporate sponsorships. The organization has earned the GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating its commitment to transparency. It is currently exploring the possibility of opening chapters in other areas of the state.
For more information, visit www.mycompassion.org or call 734-931-0620.
AWESOME !!! keeping my fingers x’d this turns out to be what it says it is ,not some behind the scenes ‘lip service’ scam.
This is a down river dispensery that put this group together.
This is an excellent group that has the most sincere interest to help patients by educating neighbors about the legitimacy of marijuana. Their billboards, promoting cannabis as medicine, can be seen throughout the State and their message will move forward the attitudes in Michigan. Thank you Michigan Compassion.
This organization is run only as a Federal Non-Profit with no dispensary. It is a purely Volunteer organization and all funding goes to program funded initiatives such as Billboard Campaigns, Patient and Caregiver Guides, Public Meetings, Public Events, etc. This group not only received a Google Grant but also received its ability to solicit the public by the AG of Michigan as a Public Charitable Trust. Checking them out before thinking they have a dispensary that put it together is a better way to go. Michigan Compassion follows the act as it is stated and promotes safety within the law.