My name is Jaron Rosenau. I am a new CS grad at 35 years old. I use AI coding extensively. I started my own programming shop because employment in the industry seems hopeless for me after a few hundred applications and multiple failed hidden tests on "coding assessments". I will make my way by myself.
Location: Oregon
Remote: Either
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: All
Résumé/CV: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/rosenauinfo.firebasestorage.app/o/resumes%2Fen-1769863017629.pdf?alt=media&token=bbbbbee4-beae-46e1-a5e4-cc91e339847d
Email: jaron@rosenau.info
You are not a registered nonprofit. Look yourselves up, you cannot, because you are not listed: https://apps.irs.gov/
Your donations page lists a Pakistani bank, and you do not provide an American EIN, yet you claim to be based in New Mexico. Who is your registered agent? Calling yourselves a nonprofit when you are not actually a nonprofit is not a good start.
This appears to be a legitimacy issue, not a Stripe software issue.
Hi denuoweb, I am the founder of Little Steps Foundation. There seems to be a major misunderstanding, and your comment is making several incorrect and damaging accusations.
Let me clarify the facts:
1. *We are a U.S. organization, not Pakistani.* Our organization is *Little Steps Foundation*, a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State of New Mexico, USA. Our legal address is in Albuquerque, NM, and our EIN is 41-3363451. All of this is clearly stated on our website: https://carebridgehealthinitiative.org/. We have absolutely no connection to Pakistan. You may be confusing us with a different organization.
2. *IRS Status vs. State Incorporation:* You are correct that our EIN does not currently appear on the IRS Tax-Exempt Organization Search tool. This is because obtaining federal 501(c )(3) status is a long process that we are undergoing. However, we are a legally registered *Domestic Nonprofit Corporation in the State of New Mexico*. These are two different things. Being a state-registered nonprofit is a valid legal status. Your conclusion that we are not a "legitimate" nonprofit is false.
3. *The Bank Account is American.* The bank account linked to our Stripe account is a U.S. bank account. The accusation that we are transferring money to a Pakistani bank is completely false.
4. *The Real Issue is the Stripe Bug.* The core of our post is not about our nonprofit status, but about Stripe's system failure. We have a perfect record with *1,074 transactions, 0 disputes, 0 refunds, and a 0.00% fraud rate*, confirmed by data exported from Stripe's own dashboard. Yet, Stripe's system closed our account for "unauthorized charges" minutes after we completed a routine identity verification. This is a clear software bug.
Your comment is unfortunately distracting from the real issue and spreading misinformation. The problem is not our legitimacy; it's Stripe's automated system making a catastrophic error and their support team refusing to engage with the evidence.
The connection between your domain and the domain you say you're not connected to is just a coincidence, right?
Domain: carebridgehealthinitiative.org
Registered On: 2025-12-18 Expires On: 2026-12-18 Updated On: 2025-12-23 Status: client transfer prohibited Name Servers: ns1.dns-parking.com ns2.dns-parking.com Registrar Information Registrar: HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Domain: littlestepsfoundation.org
Registered On: 2024-08-23 Expires On: 2026-08-23 Updated On: 2025-08-05 Status: client transfer prohibited Name Servers: ns1.dns-parking.com ns2.dns-parking.com Registrar Information Registrar: HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Your attempt to connect two completely unrelated organizations based on them using the same domain registrar is a perfect example of a logical fallacy. Let me break it down for you.
1. *Our Organization:* We are *Little Steps Foundation*, a U.S. nonprofit incorporated in New Mexico. Our website is *carebridgehealthinitiative.org*. This is the website registered with Stripe.
2. *The Other Organization:* You found *littlestepsfoundation.org*, which is a completely different NGO based in Pakistan. We have absolutely no connection to them.
3. *The "Connection":* You claim the connection is that both domains are registered with *Hostinger*. This is like saying two people are related because they both shop at Walmart. Hostinger is one of the largest registrars in the world with millions of customers. It is a meaningless coincidence.
Your line of questioning is a deliberate attempt to derail the conversation and create a false narrative of illegitimacy. You are ignoring the overwhelming evidence that proves our case:
These are Stripe's own numbers. They prove that Stripe's claim of "unauthorized charges" is impossible. The issue here is a *Stripe software bug* and a *failed support system*, not the bizarre conspiracy theory you are trying to construct.
Please stop spreading misinformation. If you are not here to help, at least do not actively harm a non-profit organization that is trying to recover its rightfully earned donation funds.
What is upsetting about it exactly? Did people hate the wheel when it was invented because it took away jobs carrying loads instead of wheeling them? One person can wheel a lot, I'm sure that upset a bunch of won't-adapt non-wheelers.
The paper says partisanship is strongly correlated with frequency of posting. Are you also pointing out that the commenters here are very partisan and this shows the paper is correct?
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