Two Western Pennsylvania nonprofits are tangled up in court, where tax delinquencies and alleged mismanagement of millions of dollars have volunteer board members under Attorney General Kathleen Kane's scrutiny.
Kane aims to oust trustees at Conneaut Lake Park in Crawford County, which failed to pay taxes and keep fire insurance on its Diamond Ballroom, destroyed in a fire in 2007.
In Pittsburgh, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture fell behind on mortgage payments for a $40 million building constructed without a clear revenue plan, ending up in foreclosure.
Among the fiduciary lapses cited in the petition are the board’s failure “to take advantage of business opportunities that would have generated more revenue” and “failure to insure Dreamland Ballroom and The Beach Club,” as cited in a Meadville Tribune article. Should Kane’s petition be approved, the soon-to-be-ousted trustees collectively would be on the hook for a “surcharge” of $1 million to offset some of the expenses associated with a breach of trust—in this case for failing to protect the park’s assets and manage its finances properly.
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