Results may be skewed due to unconsolidated data of national and affiliate groups, rounding or incomplete information. 1Charitable services as percent of total expenses. 2Percent of private support tremaining after fundraising expenses. 3Percent of private support remaining after surplus.

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But industry groups apparently had other plans of attack to invalidate the affiliate sharing provisions of SB1: First, lobbying Congress to amend the FCRA, and second, suing in federal court.

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That is slowly changing, thanks in part to two organizations, the Angel Capital Association in Vienna, Virginia, which was founded in 2004, and its affiliate, the Angel Capital Education Foundation, which bring together angel groups to share best practices and provide basic information to entrepreneurs.

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