C Street Properties in Arlington
I looked at tax assessment records for Cedars, Ivanwald and Potomac Point properties owned by Fellowship Foundation. This information is readily available through Arlington County's tax assessment database.
There are two single family detached residences near Cedars
that house the wait staff and scullery maids needed to run Cedars and the 133 C
Street townhouse. Despite being zoned as "single family detached," they function as single-sex
dormitories for fresh-faced, pious young people. There's more information about what the Woodmont Civic Association, the local neighborhood group, has to say about group homes in these properties.
Potomac Point (for women) is located at 2200 24th Street North in Arlington. This property sits on a lot that is 17,958 sq. ft. in size, and is owned by Fellowship Foundation, Inc. In 1990, Youth With a Mission (which also owns 133 C Street) bought this house for 580K, sold it to C Street Center in 1992 for $0, and Fellowship Foundation, Inc., bought it for $0 in 2002.
Ivanwald (for men) is located at 2224 24th Street North, and is also owned by Fellowship Foundation, Inc. This house was bought in 1986 by Jerome A. Lewis and Co. who sold it to Wilberforce Foundation in 1987. In 2007, Wilberforce sold it to Fellowship Foundation, Inc. for $1 million. Jerome A. Lewis and Wilberforce Foundation are significant to this story; more details later.
[I corrected the above to show that 2224 is Ivanwald and 2200 is Potomac Point]
Cedars (former George Mason mansion, and later called Doubleday mansion), located at 2145 24th Street North, is categorized as church-owned and single family detached, and sits on 6.72546 acres.
I have uncovered some interesting patterns of ownership for the 133 C Street Townhouse, National Prayer Center, City Church and other properties near Capitol Hill, but that will be explained in a future post.
In the meanwhile, take a look at Foundation Fellowship's Form 990 and summary related to their tax-exempt status. In 2006, their revenue exceeded $16.6 million and their assets were more than $11.8 million.
















They are always holier than thou except behind closed doors. There is a related post at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?page_id=588
July 18, 2009 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. Excellent job and good hard sources.
July 18, 2009 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
It looks like the original purchase of Cedars was funded by Tom Phillips (Raytheon CEO), Ken Olsen (DEC CEO) and possibly Sanford McDonnell (McDonnell Douglas Corporation).
Other financial backers for Fellowship Foundation activities include Michael Timmis (Prison Fellowship International, Promise Keepers), oilman Paul Temple, Jerome A. Lewis (Petro-Lewis). I'm also seeing evidence of support from Eli Lilly and Pew Foundation.
July 18, 2009 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
sm - I'm not sure you saw my other post, but if you did, apologies in advance.
Anyway, here are their (Freedom Foundation, aka International Foundation, aka International Christian Foundation) archived records from Wheaton College. I've only glanced at them, but there is a lot of info, names and associations wise. Also an old LA Times article that references the archives.
I'm reading The Family now.
July 18, 2009 7:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, I looked at the list of materials archived at Wheaton College, but skimming through, it sounded like at least one of the archivists had drunk the Kool-Aid, if you know what I mean.
I know that Jeff Sharlet (author of The Family) has received threats. Not sure if Lisa Getter (who wrote the LA Times article) or Ben Daniel have been similarly threatened.
I hope my copy of Sharlet's book gets here soon but his Harper's article is rather graphic, too.
July 18, 2009 8:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, Seashell, I forgot to mention that the Wheaton College Archives (in consultation with Fellowship Foundation staff) put an embargo on access to Fellowship Foundation files in 2003. Since Getter's article was published in 2002.... Details of the embargo are mentioned in the finding aid for the collection on the link that Seashell provided.
July 18, 2009 8:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
The reading must curl one's hair. I temporarily have no access to U.S. books, but this is one I would have ordered in a heartbeat if I had.
July 19, 2009 8:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
The reading must curl one's hair. I temporarily have no access to U.S. books, but this is one I would have ordered in a heartbeat if I had.
July 19, 2009 8:33 AM | Reply | Permalink