Native Sons of The Golden West

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The Charitable Foundation, Native Sons of the Golden West, is a separate, non-profit corporation registered in the Sate of California, and is a fully-accredited 501(C)3 charitable organization pursuant to the laws of the United Sates and the State of California. As such all donations to the CF are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

The CF was incorporated under under the laws of the State of California in November 1951, and made its first charitable donation in 1953.

The CF was established as a result of two goals. The first was our members' desire to sponsor a charitable cause. The second was a awareness of the under funded and largely ignored clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, Hospital, which is recognized as one of the most prestigious teaching hospitals in the United States.  It was then called the Cleft Palate Clinic and treated exclusively cleft palate/hare lip in primarily very young children.  this second most common birth defect has a profound emotional and physical impact on the child, the parents, family and friends. The Native sons recognized the worthiness of this cause and adopted the clinic as its exclusive charity.

From a modest beginning in 1953, the efforts of the Charitable foundation have made that small clinic, now called the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic, into one so respected that it recently hosted the national gathering of such facilities.  The name change reflects the change of focus from the limited cleft palate/hare lip treatments to the current treatment of a full spectrum of birth defects of the face and skull.  The clinic has further expanded into the research of causes and prevention of these tragic conditions that literally prevent a child from facing the world. 

The Chancellor of the university has declared this work would not have been possible without the uninterrupted support of the Native Sons of the Golden West over all these years.  We have given $1,667,600 to the clinic.

The Charitable Foundation's administrative overhead costs are six-tenths of tone percent.  The National Charitable Institute guidelines allow such costs to be up to forty percent.  The foundation's low cost reflect the commitment and volunteerism of its members.  The members of the Board of Directors serve on a volunteer basis, receiving no salary or expenses.

We hope this information answers your questions regarding the Charitable Foundation of the Native Sons of the Golden West.  For any additional information, please contact: Chairman Colin Campbell at 209/ 267-5402.