A unique charity

Who do you think of when you think of charitable organizations? Habitat, Red Cross, Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, etc. You have to add another organization to that list - Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC).

True, it is a different type of charity, but it is a charity in the eyes of the IRS because, as the company's CFO says, the company "lessens the burden on governance" and helps "the federal government and American industry to perform more effectively through the use of emerging technologies".

Most charities tout their specialty on the home page of their web sites Here's what CTC says on its home page

» Providing World-Class Services for World-Class Competitiveness

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) offers a broad range of services and capabilities. Areas of expertise include: Advanced materials & manufacturing Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) Force readiness Energy & environmental sustainability, and more. As a nonprofit organization, CTC conducts impartial, in-depth assessments and delivers reliable, unbiased solutions that emphasize increased quality, enhanced effectiveness, and rapid technology transition and deployment.

Did you catch that 'nonprofit organization' in the last sentence? This is a charity that has received over $100,000,000 in earmarks from Congressman Murtha. This is a charity where the top three people average $462,000 each. This is a charity that does work for the NSA and CIA. This is a charity that for two months employed a future deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force although he did no work for the charity.

This is a charity?