When Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed gun violence prevention activist Mattie Scott to the Police Commission in February 2025, he praised her advocacy and named-dropped the nonprofit she founded and leads, Healing 4 Our Families & Our Nation.
“Mattie Scott is a 23-year veteran in the fields of violence prevention, gun violence survivorship, and activism,” Lurie (opens in new tab) said.
The mayor’s announcement didn’t mention that the IRS had revoked the nonprofit’s tax-exempt status. Healing 4 Our Families had not filed a required annual return with the IRS since its founding in 2020, and the agency automatically revoked its status in 2024 (opens in new tab). The website healing4u.org (opens in new tab) went offline in January 2025, the month before Scott’s appointment…