Thursday, January 31, 2013

Nonprofit Fraud:Examples and Solutions




Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector is a high-stake and explosive investigative work about charity misdeeds. As you read this, there is a noteworthy charity fraud being perpetrated.

Scandals threaten to destroy the reputation of the charitable sector. These scandals threaten to destroy the reputation of powerful organizations and their leaders.

Charity malfeasance is an addiction of epic proportions. Charity leaders and regulators, by their silence and denial, are enablers.

Because the misdeeds are kept secret, there was no public outcry. The secrets are now being exposed. The sector needs a new paradigm, and Silence makes hundreds of suggestions as to how to turn it around.

This exposé is based on the largest repository of charity fraud anywhere. Many trusted leaders are exposed including board members, presidents, superintendents, chief executive officers, accountants— and more. They embezzled, forged, extorted, and falsified records; they self-dealt, negligently managed assets, and had multiple conflicts of interest.




Nonprofit Imperative gathers its information principally from public documents...some of which are directly quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal proceedings; some have not been charged, however. Cites in various media: Featured in print, broadcast, and online media outlets, including: Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, B, USA Today Topics, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times...and many more Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006) Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This is very timely for me. I have worked at 6 non-profits over the last 9 years. Of those, 5 were committing fraud. One CEO is in jail, one is still operating, the last and most recent one is still de-frauding the Feds and the foundations. As the financial controller I was fired for not being comfortable with illegal and fraudulent activities.... I would love to give you my stories...
Michele