They do! I saw two golf carts with staff, recruits and families drive down Daniels toward the quad Saturday around 3:00PM. Pretty sure Chester was in one of them.
I'm not an accountant, but from the below article:
"The organization's application for 501(c)(3) status is pending approval from the IRS, with an expected response in the summer of 2023. If/once approved, donor contributions to ICON Collective will qualify as being tax-deductible."...
All good here. For the record, I wasn't triggered by your response. I more so found it interesting how differently we reacted to the same viewpoint (college game changing). When I've donated in the past to something like a facility upgrade, I always just hoped that it would somehow influence...
I'm also a longtime lurker and have never posted until today. I am also a long time booster (graduated in the 80's). The second I found about the Illini Guardians, I donated and will continue to do so. We agree in one sense-I don't like all the change that's happened to college basketball...