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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.comBlogger620125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-89555816200724980792017-03-06T08:22:00.001-08:002017-03-07T07:18:57.735-08:00Revised: What Is Philanthropy? A Documentary on Giving<span style="font-size: large;">What is Philanthropy?,</span> an educational documentary that that portrays and discusses the
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Executive Director, National Committee of Responsive PhilanthropyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-37536375286381582052017-03-03T08:02:00.000-08:002017-03-03T08:02:45.341-08:00Because of Lack of Transparency at American Red Cross, The Federal Government Wants To Step In<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;">
<u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Grassley, Thompson Introduce <i>American Red Cross Transparency Act</i> of 2017</span></u><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) today introduced legislation to give the congressional watchdog arm complete access to American Red Cross records for oversight purposes. The bipartisan, bicameral <i>American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2017</i> responds to concerns that the Red Cross tried to quash a review by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of its practices, successfully limiting the scope of the review, and has failed to be as transparent as it should be.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“The American people rely on the Red Cross to respond when tragedy strikes,” Grassley said. “The Red Cross is congressionally chartered and is a federal instrumentality. It receives federal tax dollars for some of its disaster responses, and it receives the financial benefits of tax exemption and tax-deductible donations. For those reasons, Congress has a responsibility to make sure the Red Cross answers questions asked on the public’s behalf and is operating up to the standards required of it during national disasters. The Red Cross has shown an unwillingness at times to answer questions. This legislation strengthens transparency to help make the Red Cross more accountable to the public.” <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Response to and recovery from large-scale emergencies and natural disasters the scale of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Sandy are complicated and difficult and we must always look for ways to improve,” Thompson said. “If the Red Cross continues to thwart oversight and stall goodwill attempts to be investigated, their operational challenges are sure to persist and improvement will never happen. To ensure that Red Cross will respect the GAO’s audit authority, I am partnering with Senator Grassley to introduce bipartisan legislation that clarifies Congress’ intent regarding GAO’s oversight authority and give GAO new tools to enforce it. We owe it to our constituents to ensure that the Red Cross is subjected to the oversight necessary to ensure that funds that Americans so generously donate are not misused and that the Red Cross is a reliable response and recovery partner to the Federal government.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The <i>American Red Cross Transparency Act</i> gives the GAO complete access to the Red Cross’ records when needed to conduct oversight. If the Red Cross refuses to comply, the legislation provides the GAO with the authority to bring an action in court to force compliance. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Ten years ago, Congress gave the GAO the broad authority to “review [Red Cross’] involvement in any Federal program or activity the Government carries out under law.” Despite clear legislative intent, the Red Cross essentially stonewalled GAO when it tried to carry out an investigation requested by Thompson in September 2013. After two years of stall tactics, delays, and a request from the Red Cross’ president that Thompson cancel his GAO request and conduct future oversight via cell phone, the GAO analyzed information the Red Cross begrudgingly made available to complete its investigation. Grassley explored the GAO access problem as part of his inquiry of problems with the Red Cross’ Haiti earthquake response. He sent the results as a<span class="m_-5624044349166411842apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #0070c0;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/constituents/2016-06-15%2520Senator%2520Grassley%2520Red%2520Cross%2520Inquiry.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1488643259814000&usg=AFQjCNFMe4o0R3cOxbORR4feDPAJC68eLQ" href="http://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/constituents/2016-06-15%20Senator%20Grassley%20Red%20Cross%20Inquiry.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0070c0; padding: 0in;">memo</span></a></span><span class="m_-5624044349166411842apple-converted-space"> </span>to his fellow committee members on both the Judiciary and Finance committees in 2016.<u></u><u></u></div>
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The Red Cross is congressionally chartered and considered a federal instrumentality, unique among tax-exempt organizations. The federal taxpayers pay for some of the Red Cross’ work directly through federal tax dollars for disaster responses and indirectly through the tax dollars foregone to the Red Cross through its tax exemption and through tax deductions donors take for charitable donations to the organization. <u></u><u></u></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-42172159841137876642016-12-15T11:56:00.001-08:002016-12-15T11:56:37.328-08:00Thank you...it has been a great run<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After more than 216 editions
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>, I have
decided to cease publication. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In the past decade, we have faced
an unsettling, even frightening, explosion of charity fraud. Charity
malfeasance and fraud were an afterthought until we began identifying the
enormity of the problem. Studies continue to show a level of corruption,
mismanagement and overt pillaging and diversion of tens of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">b</i>illions of dollars---annually---that have been taken from those for
which they were intended. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The problem, however, has not
gone unnoticed. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>
has chronicled it every step of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thousands of subscribers of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i> e-newsletter have received the e-newsletter.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Nonprofit Imperative has been the ‘go-to’ stop for
media including the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR. The list goes on approaching
one hundred other publications and radio and television sites. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We have worked with state and federal lawmakers and regulators
including Congress and state Attorneys’ General, to help stem the tide of
charity fraud.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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their favorite charity was compromised.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Two books on the topic of charity fraud---<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofits On The Brink</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Silence: The Impending Treat To The
Charitable Sector</i>---have been written and have been incredibly well
received. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The latter is sometimes referred to as a mosaic of little leadership,
little interest by Congress, and ineffective regulators, which has resulted in
a sector untamed)<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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authorship and defense of their graduate dissertations. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As you can see we have worked
non-stop to uncover unprecedented amounts of misconduct. Increased public
awareness has been greeted with an increase in public distrust. For example, a
Pennsylvania survey last week showed that </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">only
10 percent of the respondents believe that public trust in the nonprofit sector
is “high,” with 31 percent of the respondents saying that the level of trust
had worsened.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our efforts, however, have
been met with denial and avoidance by influencers and decision makers. Sector
leaders have shown little interest in the problem, relying on fantasy
self-regulation as the answer. Sector overseers are preservationists who want
no change because in their view, there is too much to lose. Moreover, leaders
have been enablers by their silence, public abstention, and obfuscation---all
of which have been the lifeblood of charity fraud. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The IRS and state attorneys’
general are more focused on regulation of tax collection rather than regulation
of fiduciary behavior. Needless to say, a lawmaker’s attention in resolving any
matter, including charity fraud, is of little import. Regulators, except for a
few, have shown little interest unless charity malfeasance shows up in a
headline. The probability of reaching a headline is minimal because
investigative reporting is so prohibitively expensive only a few in the media
can maintain critical staff. Politics and lack of resources have driven
judgment. Boards have led with a detached indifference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I remain somewhat optimistic
in the hope that charity fraud will get the attention it deserves. All that is
needed is a confluence of internal and external sector stakeholders to put the scourge
of fraud, egregious malfeasance and inadequate board governance at the top of
the list of resolvable issues. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">On a most positive note, I
want to thank you for your input, participation, support and loyalty. As with
any undertaking, there have been frustrations, but the gratification and fulfillment
that I have received have outweighed any setbacks many, many times over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In this endeavor, I have
gained friends and acquaintances that I will cherish forever. I thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the crisis in nonprofit fraud leadership…a crisis of pervasive and
monumental waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement, and malfeasance throughout
the charitable sector which costs taxpayers and contributors tens of
billions of dollars annually; and,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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reforms that will restore the public’s lost confidence in the sector.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What’s Included:</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt;">Skunk of the Month:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Red Cross (once again); Triangle Aids Network; Sandy Hook Conviction…more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt;">Breaking
the Silence:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Federal
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Charity Check Up:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">AG’s Seeking Identity of Donors; $600,000 Mental Health
Agency Theft<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Principle For Charities To Live By<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Goodwill; Vets Organization …more </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">VA; MS; SC; MI; NC; IL; CA; KS; IN …more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are rife with conflicts of interest </span></b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/us/politics/think-tanks-research-and-corporate-lobbying.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article&_r=0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New York Times</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Skunk of the
Month</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
is the twice-monthly designation made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit
Imperative</i>, the organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse
and mismanagement in nonprofits and government. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Skunk of the Month</i></b> award
is given to charities and government officials who show blatant disregard for
the interests and trust of contributors and taxpayers. This month’s example is:</span><span style="font-family: "Libian SC Regular"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Libian SC Regular"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ƒ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Continuing Investigation… Some Movement <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
in July introduced<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.grassley\.senate\.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-introduces-american-red-cross-transparency-act-following-haiti-relief\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1155cc;">legislation</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to give the congressional watchdog arm
complete access to American Red Cross records for oversight purposes and
improve the Red Cross’ internal investigative function. The American Red
Cross Transparency Act followed the results of a Grassley inquiry into the Red
Cross’ response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The inquiry found that the
Red Cross spent approximately one-fourth of the $487.6 million raised for the
relief effort on program management, fund-raising and other expenses; that it
tried to quash a Government Accountability Office review of its practices,
successfully limiting the scope of the review; and has a poorly staffed ethics
and investigations unit. This week, the organization notified Grassley
that it plans to increase its Office of Investigations, Compliance and Ethics<span class="m-1163872585613857670apple-converted-space"> </span>(ICE)<span class="m-1163872585613857670apple-converted-space"> staff to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>five full-time employees from
three. Senator Grassley sent us the following comment on these
developments. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“It’s good news to have more staff in the investigations
unit, even if it’s a small increase. My inquiry found that the
investigations unit was poorly staffed and so mostly incapable of doing the
kind of work donors might expect. When there are concerns about program results
or spending, an investigations unit is the kind of entity that should be in
place to review those concerns. I’m disappointed that the Red Cross will
continue to keep the investigations unit under management control instead of
requiring it to report to the board of governors. More independence would
give the unit more teeth and so increase its effectiveness. Also, making
sure the Red Cross fully cooperates with the Government Accountability Office
is still an important goal. I intend to re-introduce my legislation in
the next Congress. The Red Cross is critical to disaster responses.
The American people rely on it, and Congress has a responsibility to help make
sure it functions well.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Red Cross is congressionally chartered and considered
a federal instrumentality, unique among tax-exempt organizations. The
federal taxpayers pay for some of the Red Cross’ work directly through federal
tax dollars for disaster responses and indirectly through the tax dollars
foregone to the Red Cross through its tax exemption and through tax deductions
donors take for charitable donations to the organization. The Judiciary
Committee has jurisdiction over federal charters.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">President-elect Donald Trump’s charity has admitted that it
violated IRS regulations barring it from using its money or assets to benefit
Trump, his family, his companies or substantial contributors to the foundation.
According to a 2015 tax return posted on the nonprofit monitoring website
GuideStar, the Donald J. Trump Foundation acknowledged that it used money or
assets in violation of the regulations not only during 2015, but in prior
years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The Washington Post</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, doesn’t provide
details on the violations. The filing’s release comes as the New York attorney
general’s office investigates whether Trump personally benefited from the
foundation’s spending, including several purchases detailed in reports by The
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time it has run afoul of laws and regulations governing charitable
organizations. In October, the office of New York Attorney General Eric
Schneiderman, a Democrat, ordered the foundation to stop soliciting donations
after it was discovered that the charity had been accepting outside
contributions without the proper New York state registration. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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political committee supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in
2013.Charities are barred from engaging in political activities, and the
president-elect’s staff says the check he signed was mistakenly issued
following a series of inexplicable clerical errors. Earlier this year, the
Trump Foundation paid a $2,500 fine to the IRS over the check.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Large Embezzlements</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Network (TAN)<span class="apple-converted-space"> (TX) </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$312,000 was stolen by the ex-director. She <span style="color: #252525;">admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars to
fund lavish gifts and goodies for herself and her children at the expense of
the medical care for the patients she oversaw, the board of directors and
support staff could hardly believe anyone was capable of such a heinous
crime. </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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culprit took advantage of the agency to pilfer tens of thousands of dollars
more from the nonprofit’s already busted coffers. The second theft of
reportedly between $60,000 and $160,000 occurred while the former executive was
facing punishment for her crimes against the agency.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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president Jeff McManus, who had been at the helm of the nonprofit for decades,
said he has resigned from the agency amid the latest fiasco.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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impact on people who need the services.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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school safety, families of victims, memorials to teacher heroes, awareness, and
prevention in schools across America”<span class="apple-converted-space"> was
the mission of the Sandy Hook charity, </span>26.4.26 Foundation. Instead of
using all of the donated funds to support its purported mission, the agency
founder used $28,657 of donated funds to enrich himself and to support his personal
training business, the court documents state. Federal officials arrested the
founder in Tennessee on six counts of wire fraud on February 13, 2015. He
pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on May 12, 2016.</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Charity Regulators</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In May 2015, the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state charity regulators from all 50 states
and the District of Columbia filed a historic civil suit against four alleged
sham cancer charities -- Cancer Fund of America (CFA), Cancer Support Services
(CSS), Children’s Cancer Fund of America (CCFA), and The Breast Cancer Society
(TBCS) -- and several of their executives, asserting that the charities engaged
in deceptive charitable solicitation practices by making false and misleading
claims in their appeals to donors. This was the largest joint action ever taken
by the FTC and state charity regulators. CCFA, TBCS, and their respective
principals reached an agreement with the plaintiffs at the time the complaint
was filed. CFA and CSS later agreed to a $75.8 million judgment and to dissolve
the organizations in March 2016.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background: white;">The successful collaboration between the FTC and
state charity regulators sent a clear message that both federal and state
regulators will not tolerate deceptive fundraising practices. Moreover,
charitable organizations that utilize gift-in-kind (GIK) programs should make
sure that their valuation and ownership transfer of donated goods is proper and
well documented, because such practices were at the center of the multi-state
investigation. During the public session, regulators acknowledged that by
working together, they were able to leverage resources and achieve an outcome
that a single agency or regulator would not have been able to pursue on its own.
Federal and state regulators are communicating more, sharing information with
each other, and using technology to work together more efficiently and
effectively. This means that, undoubtedly, there will be more multi-state
cooperation among federal and state regulators to tackle perceived bad actors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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and the non-profit community is sounding an alarm. What started as a simple
overlooked regulatory requirement has blossomed into a battlefield as Federal
circuits from east to west are weighing the breadth of power state regulators
may wield when dealing with charities. The trouble started when some states
made the bold move to start enforcing their existing laws. More specifically,
the Attorneys General in New York and California started requiring non-profits
to disclose the identity of their donors before allowing solicitation
activities to occur.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Initially, two organizations filed suit to
enjoin the states from collecting their donor information. The charities argued
that being compelled to disclose this information would result in a chilling
effect, reasoning that donors would shy away from making contributions, which
would cause the charities to lose support. Early on in the litigation, courts
held that the states had every right to the charities’ donor information and
denied injunctive relief. </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Then a third organization joined the fray with a
similar plan, but in the midst of a wending judicial path, a different course
was forged. The organization was granted a full trial and walked away with a
win on the merits. While this signaled a temporary change in fortunes for the
affected charities, the inconsistent judicial results have left all parties
with more uncertainty than when they began. Now, this nascent line of
jurisprudence is muddled, and it is up to either the courts or Congress to
bring resolution and consistency to this sensitive Constitutional issue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A woman was arrested after she
allegedly stole from a Philadelphia nonprofit that serves children. She is
charged with theft and embezzlement.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
She was the director of Health and Management at Northern Children’s Services
(NCS), a nonprofit organization that provides mental and behavioral health
treatment services for children. As director, she verified the accuracy of
consultants’ invoices and submitted them for payment. The executive is accused
of preparing consulting invoices for relatives and friends who were never
consultants for NCS. She also allegedly prepared invoices for people who were
consultants for NCS but for work they never performed. She then allegedly
forged the names of the recipients to cash the checks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Officials say she stole
approximately $607,067 from NCS between December of 2002 and April of
2014. </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thoughtful fundamental life principles that are certainly applicable to today’s
charitable environment. We will present one principle each newsletter. </span></b><a href="http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(principles)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the nonprofit spinoff of big
asset-management company Fidelity Investments, knocked United Way Worldwide out
of the No. 1 spot in this year’s Philanthropy 400,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
Chronicle</span></em>’s annual ranking of charities that raise the most from
private sources. This changing of the guard in American philanthropy is a sign
of how the competitive landscape and donor interests are evolving, marking the
first time an organization that primarily raises money for donor-advised funds
has held this top spot. United Way, a mainstay of American charity since its
founding in 1887, was pushed from the top rung for only the second time since
the Philanthropy 400’s 1991 debut. For years, the two organizations had been
neck and neck in the rankings. In 2015 Fidelity bolted far out front,
collecting $4.6 billion, a 20 percent increase from 2014. United Way saw
donations drop by 4 percent to $3.7 billion. </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Omaha resigned in the wake of a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/dataomaha\.com\/media\/news\/2016\/goodwill\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;">World-Herald investigation</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">showing that the charity’s top-dollar executive pay
has consumed the profits of its signature thrift stores, leaving scant dollars
for programs to help disabled and needy job-seekers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frank McGree’s departure was surely welcomed
by donors upset by revelations of the charity’s profit-driven culture and big
spending on executive pay. But one prominent donor also stressed that Friday
was just a first step for Goodwill. Of about $4 million in profits generated by
Goodwill’s thrift stores last year, only $557,000 found its way into its job
programs, with the vast majority of program funding instead coming from outside
grants and contracts. The rest of the thrift profits were gobbled up by the
agency’s overhead expenses, including much executive pay.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More than a third of
the fraud incidents reported last year by charities were committed by <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">staff, trustees or volunteers, the </span></span></b><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Charity
Commission</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> has revealed.</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">New York’s Attorney General is barring an Albany pastor and his
wife accused of taking money from a charity they controlled from accessing the
organization’s finances. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman secured a
restraining order against Pastor Edward Smart and Marion Smart today. The
couple allegedly transferred $100,000 from the Israel Community Service Program
to their personal accounts. Schneiderman has also filed a lawsuit seeking
to remove the Smarts as directors and officers of the organization. The Smarts
and several other members of First Israel A.M.E., New York’s oldest black
church, were arrested in October for welfare fraud. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Report: National
Vietnam Veterans Foundation, which also operated as the American Veteran
Support Foundation (the “NVVF”) <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">spent
the majority of its millions in contributions on paying professional
fundraisers and insider expenses. </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The charity is to permanently close
and pay damages; the president and founder return severance, pay damages,
issues an apology, and banned nationally from using charitable assets. </span></span></b><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1586c72610d788a9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(EO Tax Newsletter)</span></b></a><span style="color: blue; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The share of American
adults who<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="http://www.nationalservice.gov/vcla"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">volunteered</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in
2015 continues to inch downward, a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Volunteerism-Rate-Inches/234518"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">trend</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that has unfolded over the past decade.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We flagged
these few examples of charity misdeeds:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Northern Arizona
University $354,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bingo Charity (MS) more than $370,000 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">International Health Care Services
(IHCS) (MN) $10 million<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pierce Middle School PTSA (MI)
<$20,000</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Michigan Community Resources <$100,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pines Condo Association
(MI) <$20,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chimes for Charity (TN)
unknown</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fullerton Aquatics
Sports Team (CA) $266,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CT. Canine and Rescue $125,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Buckhannon Work</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adjustment Center Inc. (WV) $136,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harrison School District 2 Federal Credit Union
(CO) $79,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LIFT3 Support Group Inc (CA) $53,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Junior League of Rhode Island<span class="apple-converted-space"> $76,000</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">YMCA (WA) $500,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elk Point Ambulance Service (SD) $10,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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substantial</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service
<$100,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University of Rhode Island Institute $1 million<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Veterans Health</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Administration Credit Union (MI) $2 million</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$69,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$12,000</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span>>$10,000</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Retarded (CA) millions</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Education (OR) up to $127,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Air Warrior Courage Foundation (TX) $100,000+</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Political/public
official chicanery</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just a few</i>):<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span class="QuoteChar"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A former Virginia Tech employee is being investigated for
embezzling $127,000 from the university’s foundation and the Virginia Flower
Growers Association over a number of years,</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> according to a
search warrant. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Authorities say a
former New Albany (MS) municipal court clerk has been arrested and charged with
embezzlement.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The former deputy tax
collector for Tallahatchie County (MS) recently pleaded guilty to a $20,000
embezzlement. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The director of a now
defunct charity that is at the center of a fraud scandal involving U.S. Rep.
Corrine Brown won't be sentenced until next June. Carla </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Wiley pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to commit wire fraud ($200,000++) in March, in connection with the questionable
Virginia-based nonprofit One Door for Education Foundation.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An Upstate South Carolina fire chief
turned himself in to authorities after being charged with embezzlement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Branch County (MI)
receptionist has pleaded "no contest" to embezzlement after she was
caught pocketing hundreds of dollars in fake patient fees. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Family Foundations Academy</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> administrator
pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of over $161,000 from the charter
school. He entered the plea to three counts of federal program theft. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A former Simpsonville (SC) fire chief was charged with embezzlement
after authorities discovered payroll records at Clear Springs Fire and Rescue
had been manipulated. He is the second Clear Springs fire chief charged with
embezzlement this year. In April, authorities arrested and charged Gregory
Keith Merritt with embezzlement of public funds value $10,000 or more and two
counts of misconduct in office, according to warrants. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A former state police
sergeant is now charged with embezzling money from the Cadillac (MI) post,
accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from the evidence room. </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are directly quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal
proceedings; some have not been charged, however there is money missing. These
incidents include only a fraction of the estimated $40 billion of charity
crimes. On rare occasions, there may be duplicates.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Charity Navigator, </i></span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Washington Post, National Enquirer, The Patriot-News, Vermont
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News and Photos), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, msnbc.com, Marie
Claire, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ethics World, Tactical Philanthropy, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter,
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National Religious Broadcasters</span> newsletter, <span class="headline1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Charity Governance Blog,</span></span></span></i></b><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">American Chronicle,</span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit
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Blog,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>National Coalition of Homeless
Newsletter, The Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com,
CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">PhilanTopic,
Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie
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a shiver down the reader's spine to think that people with little money to
spare have given generously…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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On the Brink</i> (iUniverse, February, 2006) and articles in numerous
publications. The book can be bought at </span></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595373542/sr=8-1/qid=1142521488/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6756327-3559006?_encoding=UTF8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">amazon.com,</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780595373543"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">barnesandnoble.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Charity Regulations Not
Working; Vet Charity Fraud; Sandy Hook Charity Fraud…more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Principle For
Charities To Live By<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Univ. of Louisville; Armed
Services Foundation …more </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">VA; MN; KS; ME; NC; NB; WA; IL; OK; CA;
UT; NY; MI …more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">…only 20 percent of respondents believe their
foundation accurately understands what it has accomplished for beneficiaries,
and not quite half believe their grant maker knows how its work has affected
grantee organizations. </span></b><a href="http://research.effectivephilanthropy.org/benchmarking-foundation-evaluation-practices"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(effectivephilanthropy.org)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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interest </span></b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/us/politics/think-tanks-research-and-corporate-lobbying.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article&_r=0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">New York Times</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Cross"…. These <span style="background: white;">feelings have been bolstered
by a widely circulated </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/series/377506201/special-report-on-the-american-red-cross"><span style="background: white; color: #1955a5;">investigation by NPR and ProPublica</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #111111;">, which found that the Red Cross grossly
mismanaged its response to Haiti's 2010 earthquake, one of the worst natural
disasters in the history of the Western Hemisphere. </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/haitians-are-desperate-for-help-but-they-dont-want-it-from-the-american-red-cross/?elq=ddbcc98d44dc46c3a3011642849bf777&elqCampaignId=4261&elqTrackId=8cee788555d042b2b8b9de8cd91194ca&elqaid=1108">(washington
post)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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caution that charity scams are commonplace after every natural disaster. Be
careful!!! (<a href="http://www.barrons.com/articles/how-to-support-haiti-1476504654?mod=BOL_hp_highlight_8">barrons)</a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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indeed (for themselves).” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Skunk of the Month</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> is the twice-monthly designation made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>, the organization
dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in nonprofits
and government. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Skunk of the Month</i></b> award is given to charities and government
officials who show blatant disregard for the interests and trust of
contributors and taxpayers. This month’s example is:</span><span style="font-family: "libian sc regular"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Libian SC Regular"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ƒ‡ƒ•ˆ‹•</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Regulation and Oversight of Nonprofits Is Not Working, Is Duplicative and
Fragmented<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Major </span></b><a href="http://www.urban.org/research/publication/state-regulation-and-enforcement-charitable-sector/view/full_report"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">findings</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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single state law of charities oversight exists; instead, oversight involves a
complex mix of substantive areas, including charitable trust law, governance,
criminal law, solicitation and registration requirements and compliance,
corporate transaction review, and conservation easements.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and staffing of state charity offices vary greatly across the country; in 41
percent of states one office has primary responsibility, but in 59 percent of
states responsibility is shared with other agencies or offices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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an attorney general’s office, 13 jurisdictions have a charities bureau, and 14
jurisdictions house charities oversight within the consumer protection division
of the office.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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registration oversight is lodged in state attorneys’ general offices (21
states), followed by secretary of state offices (15) and other state - level charity
offices, typically, consumer affairs or business/financial regulation (8).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and non -legal staff who oversee charities number approximately 355 in the 48
reporting jurisdictions. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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- one percent of jurisdictions have less than one full- time – equivalent
staff, 51 percent have between 1 and 9.9 full – time - equivalent staff, and 19
percent have 10 or more full – time - equivalent staff.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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state charities staff is a mix of internal and external provision with the
smallest offices less likely to provide any training and the largest offices
providing in - house training<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
has resulted in fragmented oversight of nonprofits in the United States.
Another </span></b><a href="file://localhost/Users/garysnyder/Downloads/Fragmented%20Oversight%20of%20Nonprofits%20in%20the%20United%20States-%20Does%20it.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">study</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> has raised concerns and has
recommended that improvements need to take place because the best practices
(one-size-fits all) approach simply does not work. </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is starved for resources, both financially and politically. </span></b><a href="http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4131&context=cklawreview"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(kentlaw)</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Leaders from two veterans groups facing embezzlement
charges </span><a href="http://www.waaytv.com/appnews/investigators-leaders-from-two-veterans-groups-facing-embezzlement-charges/article_b5e3c5fc-85f9-11e6-b411-030da51f915a.html"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(source)</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1>
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raise funds for increased school safety, families of victims, memorials to
teacher heroes, awareness, and prevention in schools across America”<span class="apple-converted-space"> was the mission of the Sandy Hook charity, </span>26.4.26
Foundation. Instead of using all of the donated funds to support its purported
mission, the agency founder used $28,657 of donated funds to enrich himself and
to support his personal training business, the court documents state. Federal
officials arrested the founder in Tennessee on six counts of wire fraud on
February 13, 2015. Bruce pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on May 12,
2016.</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Donald J. Trump Foundation spent $258,000
to resolve legal disputes involving its namesake founder’s for-profit
companies, writes Washington Post.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.nytimes\.com\/2016\/09\/20\/us\/politics\/trump-foundation-charity-veterans\.html?elqTrackId=0c42fa5f22f74292a4b3cdcc0908f4da&elq=5291d92036844589ac4a9adf971641ce&elqaid=10780&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4087\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><em><u><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial";">The New York Times</span></u></em></span><span style="background: white;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">reports that the organization
— which solicited donations nationwide to support veterans in connection with a
January rally hosted by the Republican presidential candidate — is not
registered to raise money in 38 states that require charities to do so. Some
$1.67 million of the $5.6 million raised via the event in Iowa consisted of
online donations routed through Mr. Trump’s foundation, which has come under
media scrutiny for </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">its </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/www\.philanthropy\.com\/article\/Daily-News-Roundup-How-Trump\/237758?elqTrackId=49b4a52f3e2648e6ad20dfcda3ea7890&elq=5291d92036844589ac4a9adf971641ce&elqaid=10780&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4087\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;">unusual operation.</span></span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Donald Trump bought a painting of himself at a
charity auction in 2014, making the purchase using a check drawn on the Trump
Foundation. Media inquiries about just how the foundation used the painting
went unanswered. A Univision news anchor found the painting last week: It was<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/www\.washingtonpost\.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2016\/09\/21\/how-a-univision-anchor-found-the-missing-10000-portrait-that-trump-bought-with-his-charitys-money\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;">hanging on the wall</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">of
the Champions Bar and Grill at the Trump National Doral golf resort in Florida.
In short, “a portrait paid for by a charity was decorating the wall of Trump’s
for-profit business.” Trump campaign adviser said its being stored. The IRS
regulations governing private foundations (like the Donald J. Trump Foundation)
are more strict than those applied to public charities because the more
self-contained nature of private foundations is believed to make them more
vulnerable to bad acts by insiders. </span></b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/27/trump-is-actually-doing-his-foundation-a-favor-by-storing-its-portrait-his-golf-resort-wall-his-adviser-says/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(washingtonpost)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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outside the Trump family — never obtained the registration that New York
requires to solicit money from the public, state officials said. Charities as
large as Trump’s must also submit to an annual audit that asks, among other
things, whether the charity spent funds for the personal benefit of its
officers. </span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="m-6963596517765775395article-link"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/link\.washingtonpost\.com\/click\/7753886\.63963\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL3RydW1wLWZvdW5kYXRpb24tbGFja3MtdGhlLWNlcnRpZmljYXRpb24tcmVxdWlyZWQtZm9yLWNoYXJpdGllcy10aGF0LXNvbGljaXQtbW9uZXkvMjAxNi8wOS8yOS83ZGFjNmE2OC04NjU4LTExZTYtYWM3Mi1hMjk5NzkzODE0OTVfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX2hlYWRsaW5lcw\/548291687e2f2f742a8b7987Da9b92a6c\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Read more</span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Raising Money in New York </span></b><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/politics/trump-foundation-money.html?emc=edit_tnt_20161003&nlid=35832523&tntemail0=y&referer="><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(NYT)</span></b></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A woman was arrested after she allegedly stole from a
Philadelphia nonprofit that serves children. She is charged with theft and
embezzlement.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
She was the director of Health and Management at Northern Children’s Services
(NCS), a nonprofit organization that provides mental and behavioral health
treatment services for children. As director, she verified the accuracy of
consultants’ invoices and submitted them for payment. The executive is accused
of preparing consulting invoices for relatives and friends who were never
consultants for NCS. She also allegedly prepared invoices for people who were
consultants for NCS but for work they never performed. She then allegedly
forged the names of the recipients to cash the checks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Officials say she stole approximately $607,067 from NCS
between December of 2002 and April of 2014. </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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DALIO at Bridgewater Associates shares some thoughtful fundamental life
principles that are certainly applicable to today’s charitable environment. We
will present one principle each newsletter. </span></b><a href="http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(principles)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;">In
Case You Missed It:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The University of Louisville Foundation accepted the
resignation of James Ramsey as its<span style="background: #FAFAFA;"> president
in a move that appears to reduce the chance of a lawsuit where $38 million in
payments seemingly took place. </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
former executive director of the Armed Forces Foundation was indicted on
federal charges stemming from a scheme in which she allegedly stole $600,000
from the non-profit charity, defrauded donors, and lied to the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) and the public about her salary and benefits. The indictment also
alleges that she took the foundation’s money for her own personal use and to
pay her for-profit business expenses.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #fafafa; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A
fake GoFundMe account in the name of recently slain Detroit Police
Sgt. Kenneth Steil organizer and his mother were arrested for fraud. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Breast Cancer Charities of America/Help Now Fund</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">received
almost $45 million in public donations since it began in 2009. But its Help Now
Fund has only handed out just over $187,403 to women to help pay their bills.
That's less than 1 percent of the $45 million it's collected in donations. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A nonprofit has dissolved after an investigation into the
juvenile court system ensnared several of the organization’s staff members in
criminal conspiracy charges. Reconnecting Families filed paperwork to disband
in July, which became effective Sept. 13, according to state records. The
group's website is now gone, but a cached page from May 2015 gives a
description of what it did: "Reconnecting Families partners with the Cobb
County community, court system and academic sector to provide prevention
programs and treatment to offset the impact of drug addiction on the lives of
children, teens and families." It offered not only scholarship and GED
programs, but tangible goods like furniture, clothes and diapers people in
court dealing with juvenile, drug and family issues. The group incorporated in
November 2007. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.myajc\.com\/news\/news\/local\/cobb-juvenile-court-investigation-threatens-charit\/nqFmJ\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">previously reported on the group’s troubles</span></span></span>.
New court administrator Laura Murphree<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.ajc\.com\/news\/news\/local\/cobb-juvenile-court-under-investigation\/nm37P\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">began the investigation in July</span></span></span> after
a "whistleblower outcry by several individuals working in and with the
court system" alerted her to misuse of grant money. From there,
prosecutors audited the books. The audit led to a 27-count grand jury
indictment on federal racketeering charges in December that accused four people
— including former executive director, a court administrator and a former
contractor. The charges included racketeering, theft and other felonies
for being paid $168,000 of grant money for work that wasn't performed. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A state ethics panel investigating Mayor Bill de Blasio’s
political nonprofit organization has served a sweeping subpoena on City Hall
seeking communications among the mayor, his aides, the nonprofit, its donors
and consulting firms that worked for it, people with knowledge of the matter
said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scope of the subpoena suggests
a widening of the investigation by the State Joint Commission on Public Ethics,
which enforces state lobbying laws and has been focused on whether the group,
the Campaign for One New York, illegally lobbied the city in 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/nyregion/ethics-panel-investigating-de-blasios-nonprofit-is-said-to-issue-broad-subpoena.html?_r=0">(nytimes)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Americans donated a record $373 billion in 2015, with most of
that coming from individual donors, according to </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Giving
USA, the Giving Institute and Indiana University Lilly Family School of
Philanthropy said in their publication, “Giving USA 2016: The Annual Report on
Philanthropy for the Year 2015.”</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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investigation into a Malaysian embezzlement scam that involved his hit film
about financial market fraud, "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to
his spokesperson. The Hollywood star contacted the US Justice Department in
July just after it filed a lawsuit to seize more than $1 billion in allegedly
ill-gotten assets tied to Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB, including
rights to the film, DiCaprio's spokesperson said.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Every year, the IRS TE/GE Division issues a public
work plan. The 24-page “</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/tege_fy2017_work_plan.pdf"><span style="background: white;">Tax Exempt and Government Entities FY 2017 Work Plan</span></a><span style="background: white;">” contains guidance about employee plans, government
relations, and tax-exempt bonds, but willl focus on just a few elements that
relate specifically to how the IRS proposes to interact with nonprofits and
charities. <a href="file://localhost/(https/::nonprofitquarterly.org:2016:10:18:irs-work-plan-nonprofits-focuses-hospitals-social-welfare:%3Futm_content=40997712&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">(nonprofitquarterly)</a></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We flagged these few
examples of charity misdeeds:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">12-24
Club (WY) $56,000+</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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for International Sport (RI) $1 million</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Providence Plan (RI) $600,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Free Vermont $116,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Historical Society (NH) $60,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Workers Union of America Local 532 (MI) $60,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Against Drugs/Big Bucks Bingo (WV) millions<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Community Resources (CTY) $400,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Medical Center (CT) $50,000<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Pep Squad<span class="apple-converted-space"> (CT) $3500</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Angels AMBUCS (OK) thousands</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Area Recycling for Charities (MI) $33,112</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Medical Center (CA) $50,000</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Trinity Lutheran Church (PA) $175,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Auto Workers Local 2317 (IN) $4500</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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to Learn Providence hundreds of thousands </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">St. Mary’s Assumption in
Bronson/St. Barbara in Colon<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(MI)
thousands<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Legion Post 176 (AL)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington more than $142,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Birmingham Health Care (BHC),
Central Alabama Comprehensive Health in Tuskegee (CACH), and the Birmingham
Financial Federal Credit Union (BFFCU) $16 million</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Health Care Services (IHCS) (MN) millions</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Care Human Services (NY) over $100,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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E. Moncure Elementary School’s PTO (VA)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Brotherhood of Electrical Workers chapter 386 (TX) $52,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Hospital in Detroit (MI) $60,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Area Network $360,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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former Virginia Tech employee is being investigated for embezzling $127,000
from the university’s foundation and the Virginia Flower Growers Association
over a number of years, according to a search warrant.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">She will serve five years in prison<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.centralmaine\.com\/2016\/06\/21\/auditor-testifies-in-viles-trial-that-town-of-anson-didnt-listen-to-warnings-about-finances\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">for stealing more than $500,000</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in excise tax money from the Anson
(MN) Town Office, where she was tax collector for 33 years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Butler County (KS) Sheriff says his office is
investigating a possible embezzlement case in Towanda involving the town’s
court clerk.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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guilty in federal court to embezzling $118,000 from the city.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Department has been found guilty of embezzling more than $170,000 from the
department, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, and received an
active prison sentence. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Project Extra Mile's expenses included a $4,600 dinner that was more
entertainment than business as well as too many meals for training events. The
alcohol prevention group made a number of unpermitted and unreasonable purchases.
The report also said the group violated federal regulations that prohibit
lobbying with grant funds</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Downtown Pasco (WA) Development Authority embezzled $53,000 more than
investigators initially thought. The results of a state audit released show
Michael A. Goins took $143,242 for his personal use between August 2013 and
last November.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Jeremy Farmer pleaded guilty in federal court in Topeka to one count of
interstate transportation of stolen funds stemming from his time as leader of
the Lawrence food bank Just Food. Farmer had originally pleaded not guilty on
Sept. 8 to the felony but changed his plea to guilty. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Farmer admitted to the court that the
theft of thousands of dollars took place while he was executive director of the
nonprofit Just Food, whose mission is to feed the hungry in Douglas County. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He was hired at Just Food
in 2011 and resigned from that position — and from his seat on the Lawrence
City Commission — in August 2015. His resignation came about after it was
revealed he had not paid more than $50,000 in federal and state payroll taxes
on behalf of Just Food. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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executive director, Roy Collins, has been indicted on two federal charges
alleging that he started looting the district and its charitable foundation
less than a year after he was hired July 2011. The charges span from early 2012
when prosecutors allege unauthorized credit card purchases started until early
2016 when prosecutors say Collins started creating false documents to conceal
the theft from the Kankakee Valley Park Foundation.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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district has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of embezzlement. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Diego-based Department of Defense contracting firm pleaded guilty to embezzling
more than $825,000 from the company, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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police chief will serve one year behind bars after being found guilty of
forgery, embezzlement, and obtaining drugs by fraud. </span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A Washington
City (UT) woman who resigned from her job as Kane County's treasurer amid
an embezzlement investigation earlier this year has been charged in 6th
District Court with four felony counts of misuse of public funds. She is
accused of using her office to transfer property tax and justice court revenues
from the county's bank accounts for the benefit of herself or another person in
a series of unauthorized transactions between March 10, 2014 and
January 11 of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lisa S. Coico, the president of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>City College of New York, the flagship
of the largest urban public university in the country, abruptly resigned, a day
after The New York Times contacted officials with questions about her
administration’s handling of more than $150,000 of her personal expenses. </span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A former executive
director of the Bonita Springs Assistance Office who was ousted and accused
of pocketing donations (</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #fafafa; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">took $47,844.21) </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">meant to
help people in need <a href="http://www.sheriffleefl.org/main/index.php?r=crimeActivity/inmateDetail&id=18804389381409">was
arrested last week</a>. Marjorie Kasell-Johnson faces second-degree grand theft
and second-degree fraud charges, according to the arrest report and court
documents. Both are felonies in Florida. </span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A nonprofit Michigan
organization linked with Republican groups acknowledged more than $500,000 in
political spending in 2014, less than a month after the Free Press reported
that it had earlier reported no political activity to the Internal Revenue
Service for that year. In June,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/15/watchdog-wants-federal-probe-mich-groups-political-spending/85923390/">the
Free Press reported that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington</a> (CREW)
had filed complaints with the IRS against several social welfare organizations,
including Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, saying they had violated
tax rules. In mid-July, Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility filed an
amended 2014 return with the IRS, listing $501,987 in political activity,
including giving $155,000 to Hardworking Americans Committee, a Super PAC
spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Michigan state House and Senate
races; $135,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee; and $75,000 to
the Michigan Republican Committee.</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Readers,
weigh in as to what you think…please continue the tips (they are very helpful) </span></b><a href="mailto:gary.r.snyder@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">gary.r.snyder@gmail.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Nonprofit
Imperative</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">gathers
its information principally from media sources...some of which are directly
quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal proceedings; some
have not been charged, however there is money missing. These incidents include
only a fraction of the estimated $40 billion of charity crimes. On rare
occasions, there may be duplicates.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We’re
noticed: Cites in various media:</span></i></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Featured in print,
broadcast, and online media outlets, including<i>: Charity Navigator, </i></span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washington Post, National Enquirer, The Patriot-News, Vermont
Public Radio,</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Herald</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times, National Public Radio</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huffington Post</i>, </span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Sun News, In Touch, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC
Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, msnbc.com, Marie Claire, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ethics World, Tactical Philanthropy, Aspen Philanthropy
Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Current Affairs, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Chronicle of Philanthropy,</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics,
Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, , Portfolio
Magazine, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS
REVIEW,<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> National Religious Broadcasters</span>
newsletter, <span class="headline1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Charity Governance
Blog,</span></span></span></i></b><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">American Chronicle,</span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Palm Beach Post, Detroit
Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business
Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide,
Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, The Michigan Nonprofit
Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan
Nonprofit, ncrp.org, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">PhilanTopic,
Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie
Reporter, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Assoc.
of Certified Fraud Examiners <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Examiner, Worchester
(MA) Telegram and Gazette, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Carnegie Corporation of
America, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EO Tax Journal, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Wikipedia</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: Non-profit
Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">,
VPR News, National Enquirer,</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Xlibris, 2011)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial";">This book should be read by
everyone. It will send a shiver down the reader's spine to think that people
with little money to spare have given generously…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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On the Brink</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (iUniverse,
2006)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, Governance Section</span></i></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Email</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: </span></b><a href="mailto:gary.r.snyder@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">gary.r.snyder@gmail.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">; </span></b><b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">248/324-3700;<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Website:</span></b><a href="http://www.garyrsnyder.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://www.garyrsnyder.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gary
Snyder is the author of <i>Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable
Sector</i> (Xlibris, June, 2011) and <i>Nonprofits: On the Brink</i>
(iUniverse, February, 2006) and articles in numerous publications. The book can
be bought at </span></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595373542/sr=8-1/qid=1142521488/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6756327-3559006?_encoding=UTF8"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">amazon.com,</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780595373543"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">barnesandnoble.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">, Barnes and Noble (store)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-80606082495882480202016-10-14T08:24:00.000-07:002016-10-14T08:24:35.557-07:00Nonprofit Caught Politiking<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A nonprofit Michigan
organization linked with Republican groups acknowledged more than $500,000 in
political spending in 2014, less than a month after the Free Press reported
that it had earlier reported no political activity to the Internal Revenue
Service for that year. </span></span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In June,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/15/watchdog-wants-federal-probe-mich-groups-political-spending/85923390/">the
Free Press reported that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington</a> (CREW)
had filed complaints with the IRS against several social welfare organizations,
including Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, saying they had violated
tax rules. </span></span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="text-indent: -0.45in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In mid-July, Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility filed an
amended 2014 return with the IRS, listing $501,987 in political activity,
including giving $155,000 to Hardworking Americans Committee, a Super PAC
spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Michigan state House and Senate
races; $135,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee; and $75,000 to
the Michigan Republican Committee. (<a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/13/nonprofit-acknowledges-500k-political-activity-irs/91997880/">Detroit Free Press</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-1557788665946242602016-10-05T07:21:00.000-07:002016-10-05T07:21:21.278-07:00Red Cross, Red Cross, Red Cross Where Are You?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In August, the country’s worst natural disaster since 2012’s Superstorm Sandy hit Louisiana. Flooding killed 13 people and left more than 80,000 homes severely damaged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And <a href="https://www.propublica.org/series/red-cross" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #2262cc; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">once again</a>, the American Red Cross’ response left local officials seething.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“They failed for 12 days,” the director of a state children’s agency <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/3117080-Gilmore-Red-Cross-Email-Aug-26.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #2262cc; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">wrote</a> in an email on Aug. 26. He listed a litany of shortcomings: “Food. Donations management. Under staffed.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hundreds of Louisiana government documents and emails between officials obtained by ProPublica through freedom of information requests show widespread mismanagement and understaffing at Red Cross-run shelters. Some evacuees went hungry, thirsty and without medical attention as a result.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-failed-for-12-days-after-historic-louisiana-floods?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1475506533" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">(Source)</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-84573376501979563012016-09-29T08:34:00.002-07:002016-09-29T08:34:42.199-07:00Studies Of Charity Regulation and Oversight of Nonprofits Is Not Working, Duplicative and Fragmented<span style="font-size: x-small;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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single state law of charities oversight exists; instead, oversight involves a
complex mix of substantive areas, including charitable trust law, governance,
criminal law, solicitation and registration requirements and compliance,
corporate transaction review, and conservation easements.</span></b></li>
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and staffing of state charity offices vary greatly across the country; in 41
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The IRS
is starved for resources, both financially and politically. <a href="http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4131&context=cklawreview">(kentlaw)</a><span style="color: #ff6600;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-14781907221920415062016-09-29T08:25:00.000-07:002016-09-29T08:25:33.018-07:00Prevention Program Closes After Criminal Conspiracy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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after an investigation into the juvenile court system ensnared several of the
organization’s staff members in criminal conspiracy charges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reconnecting Families
filed paperwork to disband in July, which became effective Sept. 13, according
to state records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The group's website is
now gone, but a cached page from May 2015 gives a description of what it did:
"Reconnecting Families partners with the Cobb County community, court
system and academic sector to provide prevention programs and treatment to
offset the impact of drug addiction on the lives of children, teens and
families."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It offered not only
scholarship and GED programs, but tangible goods like furniture, clothes
and diapers people in court dealing with juvenile, drug and family issues. The
group incorporated in November 2007. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/cobb-juvenile-court-investigation-threatens-charit/nqFmJ/">previously
reported on the group’s troubles</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New court administrator
Laura Murphree<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/cobb-juvenile-court-under-investigation/nm37P/">began
the investigation in July</a> after a "whistleblower outcry by
several individuals working in and with the court system" alerted her to
misuse of grant money. From there, prosecutors audited the books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The audit led to a
27-count grand jury indictment on federal racketeering charges in December
that accused four people — including former executive director, a court
administrator and a former contractor. The charges included racketeering,
theft and other felonies for being paid $168,000 of grant money for work that
wasn't performed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-33618076376713285382016-09-20T11:48:00.001-07:002016-09-20T11:48:51.396-07:00Nonprofit Imperative Monthly e-newsletter<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 50%;">
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Up:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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News-In Case You Missed It:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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PA; WA; OK; TX; CA; MN; MS; KS …more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt;">In
response to a flurry of charity frauds in upstate New York, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick said:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt;"> “Don’t trust anybody…and that means
having rules in place, where there are checks and balances when it concerns
money. …“You’ve got to have a system where multiple people review accounts,
checks,” he said. “You can’t have one person with check-writing authority. All
checks need to be countersigned by at least two people. And there have to be
periodic audits by outside agencies.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“the IRS was well aware of the serious nature
of the Hershey school’s troubles (</span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Hershey-Trust-Board-Reaches/237243"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hershey Trust</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">….<span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> the IRS has yet to take any visible
action to investigate. It’s time the Hershey School scandal was put to
rest.” </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-New-Pa-Attorney/237546"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Pablo
Eisenberg in Chronicle of Philanthropy)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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interest <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/us/politics/think-tanks-research-and-corporate-lobbying.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article&_r=0">(New
York Times</a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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do good and they did very well indeed (for themselves).” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Skunk of the Month</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> is the designation made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>, the organization dedicated to eliminating
waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in nonprofits and government. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Skunk
of the Month</i></b> award is given to charities and government officials who
show blatant disregard for the interests and trust of contributors and
taxpayers. This month’s example is:</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">City University of New York <span style="color: #333333;">is investigating a recent $500,000 donation to its
Foundation, which was intended to bolster the humanities and arts at its
flagship school, may have been improperly diverted. Federal prosecutors are
also looking at a $500,000 donation spending of propriety, because such funds
are typically earmarked for research. It is</span><span style="color: #326891;">
reported</span><span style="color: #333333;"> that the foundation had paid
for some personal expenses of the president, Lisa S. Coico, (</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">who makes more than $400,000 a year) bought $65,000 worth
of furniture, paid a $20,000 security deposit on a Larchmont home and went
through $51,000 in other expenses </span><span style="color: #333333;">such as
fruit baskets, housekeeping services and rugs when she took office in 2010.
According to documents reviewed by The Times and others, City College faculty
members learned in July — about a month after the donation — that the fund had
been depleted. </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We are deeply concerned about the practical,
ethical and legal implications of the situation,” the department leaders wrote
on Aug. 9. “Funds dedicated to a certain purpose in a binding legal agreement
between the college and the donor have been removed for purposes unknown to us,
and we believe, to the donor.” </span></b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/nyregion/76-where-there-should-be-600000-missing-city-college-donation-prompts-inquiry.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160830&nlid=35832523&tntemail0=y&_r=0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(nytimes.com)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hopefully, The First of Many Poorly Managed Vet Charities Closed</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">An
infamous charity for veterans has buckled under the pressure of a CNN
investigation and closed its doors for good.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The </span></b><a href="http://m.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-vietnam-veterans-foundation/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">National Vietnam Veterans Foundation</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">came under fire earlier in the summer when it was featured
on Jake Tapper’s “The Lead.” Tax records uncovered by the network revealed that
just $122,000 in cash was dispensed to veterans in 2014 despite donations of
$8.5 million.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tax
returns showed the CEO </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">sent his brother; <span style="color: #333333;"> “emergency” funds; and $70,000 in “other” expenses
and $21,000 in unnamed “awards.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="pagebreak"></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the charity’s most recent 990, the
organization allocated just 8.3% of their expenses to its programs; </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=tools.sector"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">on average, charities rated by
Charity Navigator spend 80.3% on programs</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
This organization has earned 6 consecutive zero star ratings from Charity
Navigator. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Firefighter
Support Services of Wyandotte (MI), which claimed to raise money for
firefighters and fire victims but spent 90 percent of the money elsewhere, will
shut down in the next 60 days under a settlement, Michigan Attorney General
Bill Schuette said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">As part of
the settlement, the directors of the charity will also pay $144,000 over the
next three years and agree never to work as directors or officers of a charity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Three-fourths
of the settlement will go to the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the American Red
Cross fire relief fund, and the remaining will go to pay for the cost of the
investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The charity and its Southfield-based fundraiser,
Associated Community Services, raised $4.2 million from donors, but never made
any of the promised grants of any substance to families who had been burned out
of their homes.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only about $5,585 — or one-tenth of 1 percent of
the $4.2 million — went to fire victims.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Well-known nonprofits should raise a red flag for donors due to their
lack of transparency, according to the charity ratings group </span></b><a href="http://give.org/news-updates/news/2016/08/top-10-charities-that-should-raise-a-red-flag-for-donors/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">BBB Wise Giving </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alliance</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A group of 10
major charities that failed to disclose information beyond what’s publicly
available in the Internal Revenue Service’s Form 990, such as policies for
assessing the impact of their programs and whether their fundraising appeals
provide a specific description of the program activities for which funds are
sought.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">BBB Wise Giving
evaluates charities on </span></b><a href="http://give.org/for-charities/How-We-Accredit-Charities/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">20 standards</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> related to their
governance, finances, results reporting, and fundraising practices —
information the ratings group deems critical for donor decision-making. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Here’s the full list
of organizations BBB Wise Giving Alliance said deserved a "red flag."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Local
Initiatives Support Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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Fish and Wildlife Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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America<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach
for America<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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States Holocaust Memorial Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, responded to BBB Wise
Giving Alliance’s criticism by deciding to no longer participate in its
evaluation."</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Red Cross, Once Again, Being Reevaluated</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’s office said the
state may “re-evaluate” its partnership with the American Red Cross following
complaints from people attempting to volunteer and donate materials for flood
victims, according </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">to<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_flood_2016/article_59b03594-689f-11e6-bf38-fbc43401d8d9.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The
Advocate.</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Volunteers’ comments to the Baton Rouge newspaper echoed claims on
social media that the charity was turning away offers to help at shelters or
provide meals and medical materials for people displaced by the disaster. The
Red Cross is managing or assisting at 19 shelters and said it had served about
250,000 meals and snacks since launching its relief.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Red
Cross spokeswoman Nancy Malone said some frustrated volunteers were confusing
the charity with local partner groups and that there were liabilities to
accepting cooked food that did not come from certified vendors. "It has to
be about coordination. We are held accountable to state regulations," she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We
recognize the enormous task the Red Cross undertakes to help, and we are tremendously
grateful to the many volunteers who jumped to our aid in the aftermath of this
historic flooding. However, the governor has expressed several concerns with
the Red Cross’s response to this storm," said Richard Carbo, a spokesman
for Mr. Edwards. "Going forward, the state intends to reevaluate its
partnership with the Red Cross to ensure displaced citizens of any future
disaster receive the best support possible.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Update:
New York State has seen its Red Cross chapters cut from 35 in 2008 to 10 in 2015.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">“The response time is enormous,
compared to what it used to be,” ARC spokesperson Caves said. “When we had a
local Red Cross, it was within a half hour. Now it’s usually anywhere from an
hour to two hours.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We had a strong
volunteer base locally,” </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diane Caves, who is the deputy director of
emergency management in a 26-county region,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> said. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“When they closed our
local Red Cross, there was a disconnect. They lost a lot of the local
volunteerism for whatever reason…it was very quick. It was abrupt and very
unexpected. That tore apart some relationships. There were some hard feelings.”
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jay Bonafede, who oversees communications for the Red Cross
of Western New York, sees something different. “All of these changes have
really had no effect on our services in the community,” Bonafede says. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">(nonprofitquarterly.org)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Appearance<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Based on IRS data, it was found that nonprofit
hospitals have representatives of corporations with which they do business on
their boards of directors far more often than other nonprofits. In fact, in
2014, of the more than 2,300 nonprofit hospitals in the country, almost half
(or 46 percent) had at least one trustee with business ties, direct or through
a relative, to the hospital. This is a much higher proportion of trustees with
potential conflicts of interest than in nonprofits as a whole—where the rate is
seven percent.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The practice of doing business with board
members is problematic for any number of reasons and should be avoided whenever
possible. There is no absolute rule against such a setup, so long as there is
proper disclosure and deals are at market rate, but the article points out that
the potential for violating the public trust or creating the perception that
there are private interests at play makes the practice far less than ideal.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At 270 of the hospitals reported on, the deals
were worth at least $1 million each.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some have banned engaging in business contracts
with board members so that their community can have full confidence that the
board was acting in the community’s best interest. The ban has posed no problem
in recruiting the most qualified board members. (</span></b><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofit-hospitals-business-relationships-can-present-conflicts-1471797105"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wall Street Journal</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span></b><a href="https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/08/22/wsj-hospitals-do-business-with-board-members-at-6x-the-rate-of-other-nonprofits/?utm_content=36171638&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(nonprofitquarterly.org)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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DALIO at Bridgewater Associates shares some thoughtful fundamental life
principles that are certainly applicable to today’s charitable environment. We
will present one principle each newsletter. </span></b><a href="http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(principles)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Case You Missed It:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The U.S. Department of Justice was filing a
complaint with the U.S. District Court on the charitable Leonardo DiCaprio
Foundation. While the complaint does not target DiCaprio it raises
questions about its lack of transparency often required (or offered in this
case) for the specific structure the actor has chosen for his endeavor and the
$3 billion misuse of funds </span></b><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/leonardo-dicaprio-malaysian-money-scandal-920199"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(source)</span></b></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for his alleged involvement in a $2.1-million multistate investment scheme designed
to match donors with charities. </span></b><a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/17/michigan-man-indicted-federal-fraud-case/88905616/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(freep.com)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the Baton Rouge area so far lag behind the responses to other recent
large-scale natural disasters, highlighting the need for nonprofits to have
more reserve funds at hand before catastrophes strike — and be ready to quickly
get the public’s attention to help boost fundraising. Increased media attention
over the past few days has hastened gifts for those affected, according to
people leading fundraising efforts, but it’s unlikely support will reach that
seen after Hurricane Sandy rocked New York City and much of the Atlantic
seaboard in 2012 or when Hurricane Katrina led to major flooding in New Orleans
in 2005. </span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Donations-for-La-Flood/237537?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=8840477bee134877814720c11cb6b07f&elq=62055a78ad93485fb75fa72023743e62&elqaid=10380&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=3883"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(philanthropy.com)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Government watchdog groups — all of them champions
of heightened transparency, campaign finance reform and other Democratic
priorities — are warning of potentially "very serious" conflicts of
interest if the Clinton Foundation continues as business as usual with Clinton
in the White House. They are urging the adoption of tough new firewalls to
eliminate any perception that Clinton Foundation donors could use their wallets
to gain undue access to a Hillary Clinton White House. Larry Noble, general
counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, agreed. He warned that the State
Department saga, even with no direct evidence that donors were given special
access, has created "a very serious perception problem" that
threatens to undermine the public's faith in the government and its
institutions. Barring foreign and corporate donations to the Clinton Foundation
is a start, he said, but that alone won't counteract appearances that the game
is rigged. </span></b><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/293404-watchdogs-warn-of-serious-conflicts-of-interest-for-clinton-foundation"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(thehill.com)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A federal complaint filed in Maryland comes several
months after Reveal, which airs on NPR stations around the country, produced a
series of articles and broadcasts that purported to uncover fraud in Planet
Aid's work in Malawi, a southeast country in Africa ranked as one of the
poorest in the world. They </span></b><a href="https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/alleged-cult-leader-plays-shell-game-with-us-foreign-aid/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">reported</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> this past May
that "50 to 70 percent of the U.S. government grant money was being
siphoned away." In response to a lawsuit by Planet Aid, Reveal disputes
that the story was reported dishonestly. Planet Aid says Reveal's reckless
reporting has already cause it problems. In addition to hemorrhaging donors,
DAPP-Malawi also lost funding from Unicef.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The
Wounded Warrior Project seems to be sticking with accounting practices that
have led to scrutiny in recent months, with critics noting potentially inflated
program spending and understated fundraising expenses. The organization continued
to report as program spending large portions of expenses on mailings and
television advertisements that contain fundraising appeals and messages that
the charity says help it achieve its mission, according to financial filings
recently released. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Such accounting has been questioned by observers
of the nonprofit, including Iowa Republican<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Sen-Grassley-Questions/236502"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sen. Charles
Grassley</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Wounded-Warrior-Sticks-With/237487"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(philanthropy.com)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">UPDATE</i>: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The Wounded Warrior Project announced that it will lay off several
executives and dozens of other employees and will cut some of its services as
officials say donations have fallen this year amid a storm of negative news
stories, according to reports and a </span></b><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/wounded-warrior-project-announces-changes-maximize-impact-212600566.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">statement</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> from the organization. Wounded Warrior will cut about 15 percent
of its roughly 600 employees, chief executive Michael Linnington told </span></b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/wounded-warrior-project-begins-restructure-lays-off-half-of-exec-staff-1.426575"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Stars and Stripes</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">, adding that the nonprofit has lost a
lot of support over the past year amid sustained news coverage that has been
critical of its spending polices. (</span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Wounded-Warrior-Announces/237665"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(philanthropy.com)</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FURTHER UPDATE</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: CEO Linnington announced that
the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) lost between $90 million and $100 million,
representing 25 percent of donations, since all the scandal about the
organization started rolling out in January.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">HERE WE GO AGAIN: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Avondale (AZ) Police Department arrested a man in
connection with an embezzlement scheme that targeted a veterans group.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Investigators said Kirk Davis, president of Pat Tillman
Memorial Veterans of Foreign Affairs Post 40, is accused of stealing over
$100,000 from the VFA accounts over the last two years since he became
president. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <a href="https://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/fact-checking-donald-trumps-charity-claims?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter">Washington
Post</a> reached out to dozens of charities, and took to Twitter, asking
followers for leads that Donald Trump has donated millions to charity, as he
said. Despite the</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-donations/">Washington
Post</a> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">exhaustive efforts, no one has been able to come
close to accounting for the $8.5 million Trump publicly pledged over a 15-year
period. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation
into the Donald J. Trump Foundation "to make sure it's complying with the
laws governing charities in New York.</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">At the University of
Louisville Foundation… the school's Board of Trustees voted to sue
the foundation unless it accedes to demands to clean up its act. Board of
Trustees Chairman Larry Benz told reporters after the nearly unanimous vote
that the foundation has become “an eyesore for the community” and that its
“shenanigans … will end today.” The resolution allows the university
to sue the foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, if it doesn't
take several steps, including submitting to a forensic accounting
examination by a nationally recognized firm selected by the university.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We flagged these few
examples of charity misdeeds:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pink Hearts Funds (MS) $235,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Children and Family Services/
Children's Charitable Services (AL) $2 million</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">CODAC Behavioral Services (AZ) $11,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A&F (Always and
Forever)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">horse rescue $7000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Gary Professional Firefighters Association Local
359 (IL) $30,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">AFSCE (OK) $75,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Bay Area Recycling for
Charities (MI) $33,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Agape House for Mothers
and Sierra Young Family Institute (MN) $480,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Children and Family
Services and Children’s Charitable Services unknown (FL; AL; AK; IN; OH; TN) </span></b><a href="http://weartv.com/news/local/victims-sought-after-charity-busted-for-fraud"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">(source)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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UNC-Chapel Hill $150,000 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$100,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Preparatory Learning Center (CO) unknown</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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2406 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (OK) Unknown<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 6 (Illinois) $300,000<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Administration Credit Union (MI) more than $2.3 million</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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(M) $77,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Fibrosis Foundation (MD) $300,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lutheran Church (WI) $100,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Political/public official chicanery</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just a few</i>):<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The former police chief
of Shelby (MI), fired in January amid allegations of financial wrongdoing, was
arraigned on six criminal charges, including embezzlement of an estimated
$70,000.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Philadelphia’s
top finance official issued a report questioning the use of hundreds of
thousands of dollars by a City Hall-affiliated nonprofit during former mayor
Michael Nutter’s tenure, </span></b><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160817_Controller__marathon_money_used_for_Nutter_s_trip_to_Rome__unapproved_grants_and_more.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Philadelphia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inquirer</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> and </span></b><a href="http://www.phillymag.com/citified/2016/08/16/alan-butkovitz-michael-nutter-slush-fund/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Philadelphia</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> magazine write. Controller Alan Butkovitz alleged in a news
conference that Desiree Peterkin Bell, a Nutter adviser who chaired the Mayor’s
Fund for Philadelphia, used a $200,000 reserve account within the nonprofit “as
if it were a special slush fund,” approving expenditures for travel,
receptions, and other items without oversight by the organization’s board.</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A longtime Skagit
County (WA) sheriff's deputy has been fired after an investigator said he
admitted embezzling from the Pacific Northwest Police Detection Dog Association,
a nonprofit organization for which he served as treasurer. </span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A former Bunkerhill
Township (MI) treasurer has been charged with embezzling public</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> funds and
township officials aren't sure how much might have been taken. A forensic audit
said more than $24,000 was missing from two township accounts. </span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pushmataha County (OK)
Commissioner was accused of $40,000 in misappropriation, got $1500 in fines and
restitution and was placed on probation for 5 years. No jail time.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The
former Chief <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Financial</span> Officer for the Grand
Prairie Independent School district was arrested on a Federal Indictment by a
grand jury and charged with theft. <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Prosecutors</span> allege
that Foster took $600,000 from the Grand Prairie ISD when she served as the CFO
from October 2014 to July 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A former assistant
engineer for the city of Santa Clarita was formally charged with having
embezzled more than $533,000 over a three-year period</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">An investigation into
the embezzlement of $330,000, over 7 year period, from Fletcher Fire &
Rescue targeted only the agency’s office manager and no other arrests are
expected, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Justice Department said.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Mayor Marrolyce Wilson has resigned her office, months after allegations arose
that she tried to stymie an investigation into possible $65,000 embezzlement by
the town’s treasurer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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in Middlebury was sentenced to three months in prison for embezzling $25,000,
officials said.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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principal of El Camino High School in South San Francisco pleaded no contest to
felony embezzlement for stealing close to $10,000 from the school to pay back
gambling debt, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The principal </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">has been sentenced to 45 days in
county jail and three years of supervised probation for taking money from the
school to pay gambling debts. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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stealing more than $500,000</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in
excise tax money from the Anson (MN) Town Office, where she was tax collector
for 33 years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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their associates have been charged with mail theft, embezzlement and an array
of other crimes as part of a sweeping investigation into criminal activity at
the U.S. Postal Service.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of the books at Bogue Chitto (MS) Volunteer</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fire Department in Lincoln County for several years has been
indicted for using fire department funds for her personal expenses.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, with
defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his
personal benefit.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$55,000 from Just Food</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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(MS) Sheriff’s Office deputy clerk turned herself in on embezzlement (of
$45,000) charges.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Service remains in his position as authorities investigate accusations of him
stealing $133,000 intended for charities and putting those funds toward vacations,
gambling and credit card debt.</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Readers,
weigh in as to what you think…please continue the tips (they are very helpful) </span></b><a href="mailto:gary.r.snyder@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">gary.r.snyder@gmail.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nonprofit
Imperative</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">gathers
its information principally from media sources...some of which are directly
quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal proceedings; some
have not been charged, however there is money missing. These incidents include
only a fraction of the estimated $40 billion of charity crimes. On rare
occasions, there may be duplicates.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’re
noticed: Cites in various media:</span></i></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Featured in print,
broadcast, and online media outlets, including<i>: Charity Navigator, </i></span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washington Post, National Enquirer, The Patriot-News, Vermont
Public Radio,</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Herald</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times, National Public Radio</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huffington Post</i>, </span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The Sun News, In Touch, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC
Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, msnbc.com, Marie Claire, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ethics World, Tactical Philanthropy, Aspen Philanthropy
Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Current Affairs, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The Chronicle of Philanthropy,</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics,
Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, , Portfolio
Magazine, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS
REVIEW,<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> National Religious Broadcasters</span>
newsletter, <span class="headline1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Charity Governance
Blog,</span></span></span></i></b><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">American Chronicle,</span></i></span><span class="headline1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Palm Beach Post, Detroit
Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business
Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide,
Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, The Michigan Nonprofit
Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan
Nonprofit, ncrp.org, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">PhilanTopic,
Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie
Reporter, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Assoc.
of Certified Fraud Examiners <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Examiner,
Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Carnegie
Corporation of America, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EO Tax Journal, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Wikipedia</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">: Non-profit
Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">,
VPR News, National Enquirer,</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Xlibris, 2011)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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everyone. It will send a shiver down the reader's spine to think that people
with little money to spare have given generously…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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On the Brink</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (iUniverse,
2006)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gary
Snyder is the author of <i>Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable
Sector</i> (Xlibris, June, 2011) and <i>Nonprofits: On the Brink</i>
(iUniverse, February, 2006) and articles in numerous publications. The book can
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-45056463647921803362016-09-15T06:26:00.001-07:002016-09-15T06:26:52.761-07:00Wounded Warrior Project: Challenging Times<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>by Gary Snyder</b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Wounded Warrior Project seems to be sticking with accounting practices that
have led to scrutiny in recent months, with critics noting potentially inflated
program spending and understated fundraising expenses.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> The organization
continued to report as program spending large portions of expenses on mailings
and television advertisements that contain fundraising appeals and messages
that the charity says help it achieve its mission, according to financial
filings recently released. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> Such accounting has been questioned by observers
of the nonprofit, including Iowa Republican<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Sen-Grassley-Questions/236502"><span style="background: white;">Sen. Charles
Grassley</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Wounded-Warrior-Sticks-With/237487">(philanthropy.com)</a> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> <i>UPDATE:</i> The Wounded Warrior Project announced that it will lay off several executives and dozens of other employees
and will cut some of its services as officials say donations have fallen this
year amid a storm of negative news stories, according to reports and a <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/wounded-warrior-project-announces-changes-maximize-impact-212600566.html">statement</a> from the organization. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> Wounded Warrior will cut about 15 percent
of its roughly 600 employees, chief executive Michael Linnington told <a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/wounded-warrior-project-begins-restructure-lays-off-half-of-exec-staff-1.426575">Stars and Stripes</a>, adding that the nonprofit has lost a
lot of support over the past year amid sustained news coverage that has been
critical of its spending polices. (<a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Wounded-Warrior-Announces/237665">(philanthropy.com)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="background: white;"> Further UPDATE</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>: CEO Linnington announced that
the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) lost between $90 million and $100 million,
representing 25 percent of donations, since all the scandal about the
organization started rolling out in January.</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600;">HERE WE GO AGAIN: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Avondale (AZ) Police Department arrested a man in connection
with an embezzlement scheme that targeted a veterans group.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investigators
said Kirk Davis, president of Pat Tillman Memorial Veterans of Foreign Affairs
Post 40, is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the VFA accounts over the
last two years since he became president. <span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600;">More: </span>The </b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white;">Veterans
Administration Credit Union (MI) was taken for more than $2.3 million.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-75642192393718230802016-09-07T07:12:00.000-07:002016-09-07T07:12:26.500-07:00American Red Cross Being Evaluated, Again<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’s office said the
state may “re-evaluate” its partnership with the American Red Cross following
complaints from people attempting to volunteer and donate materials for flood
victims, according </span><span style="background: white;">to<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_flood_2016/article_59b03594-689f-11e6-bf38-fbc43401d8d9.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; text-decoration: none;">The Advocate.</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteers’ comments to the Baton
Rouge newspaper echoed claims on social media that the charity was turning away
offers to help at shelters or provide meals and medical materials for people
displaced by the disaster. The Red Cross is managing or assisting at 19
shelters and said it had served about 250,000 meals and snacks since launching
its relief effort weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red
Cross spokeswoman Nancy Malone said some frustrated volunteers were confusing
the charity with local partner groups and that there were liabilities to
accepting cooked food that did not come from certified vendors. "It has to
be about coordination. We are held accountable to state regulations," she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We
recognize the enormous task the Red Cross undertakes to help, and we are
tremendously grateful to the many volunteers who jumped to our aid in the
aftermath of this historic flooding. However, the governor has expressed
several concerns with the Red Cross’s response to this storm," said
Richard Carbo, a spokesman for Mr. Edwards. "Going forward, the state
intends to reevaluate its partnership with the Red Cross to ensure displaced
citizens of any future disaster receive the best support possible.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><i>Update:
</i>New York State has seen its Red Cross chapters cut from 35 in 2008 to 10 in
2015. </span><span style="color: #333333;">“The response time is
enormous, compared to what it used to be,” Caves said. “When we had a local Red
Cross, it was within a half hour. Now it’s usually anywhere from an hour to two
hours.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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emergency management in a 26-county region,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> said.
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and very unexpected. That tore apart some relationships. There were some hard
feelings.” </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Jay Bonafede, who oversees communications for
the Red Cross of Western New York, sees something different. “All of these
changes have really had no effect on our services in the community,” Bonafede
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Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-18250335288004806032016-08-30T07:55:00.000-07:002016-08-30T07:55:22.577-07:00University and Prosecutors Are Looking For $500,000 Donation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">In May, </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/nyregion/dreams-stall-as-cuny-citys-engine-of-mobility-sputters.html"><span style="background: white; color: #326891;">The Times reported</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> that the foundation had paid for
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">“We are deeply
concerned about the practical, ethical and legal implications of the
situation,” the department leaders wrote on Aug. 9. “Funds dedicated to a
certain purpose in a binding legal agreement between the college and the donor
have been removed for purposes unknown to us, and we believe, to the donor.” </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/nyregion/76-where-there-should-be-600000-missing-city-college-donation-prompts-inquiry.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160830&nlid=35832523&tntemail0=y&_r=0">(nytimes.com)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-77770437851197653522016-08-29T08:07:00.001-07:002016-08-29T08:07:26.440-07:00Nonprofit Hospital Board Conflicts Give Bad Appearance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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was found that nonprofit hospitals have representatives of corporations with
which they do business on their boards of directors far more often than other
nonprofits. In fact, in 2014, of the more than 2,300 nonprofit hospitals in the
country, almost half (or 46 percent) had at least one trustee with business
ties, direct or through a relative, to the hospital. This is a much higher
proportion of trustees with potential conflicts of interest than in nonprofits
as a whole—where the rate is seven percent.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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engaging in business contracts with board members so that their community can
have full confidence that the board was acting in the community’s best
interest. The ban has posed no problem in recruiting the most qualified board
members. (</span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofit-hospitals-business-relationships-can-present-conflicts-1471797105"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wall Street
Journal</span></a>, <a href="https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/08/22/wsj-hospitals-do-business-with-board-members-at-6x-the-rate-of-other-nonprofits/?utm_content=36171638&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">(nonprofitquarterly.org)</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cites in various media:
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Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-40657713430741946072016-08-26T07:01:00.000-07:002016-08-26T07:01:12.892-07:00American Red Cross, Again, Missing Its Mission; Being Revaluated<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’s office said the
state may “re-evaluate” its partnership with the American Red Cross following
complaints from people attempting to volunteer and donate materials for flood
victims, according </span><span style="background: white; color: blue;">to </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_flood_2016/article_59b03594-689f-11e6-bf38-fbc43401d8d9.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Advocate.</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteers’ comments to the Baton
Rouge newspaper echoed claims on social media that the charity was turning away
offers to help at shelters or provide meals and medical materials for people
displaced by the disaster. The Red Cross is managing or assisting at 19
shelters and said it had served about 250,000 meals and snacks since launching
its relief effort a week ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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confusing the charity with local partner groups and that there were liabilities
to accepting cooked food that did not come from certified vendors. "It has
to be about coordination. We are held accountable to state regulations,"
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This a good read <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/i-spent-my-summer-tracking-down-government-records-about-the-red-cross?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from ProPublica</a> about the problems
associated with truth getting in investigative reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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do good and they did very well indeed (for themselves).” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Skunk of the Month</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is the twice-monthly designation
made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>, the
organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in
nonprofits and government. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Skunk of the Month</i></b> award is given to
charities and government officials who show blatant disregard for the interests
and trust of contributors and taxpayers. This month’s example is:</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The board of the Hershey Trust announced that it has
reached an unofficial agreement with the Pennsylvania attorney general's office
that could head off a court battle over governance of the $12 billion charity
that controls the namesake chocolate company,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hershey-settlement-idUSKCN1022LF?il=0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Reuters</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">reports.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Trustees Joseph Senser, Robert Cavanaugh, and James Nevels
will resign by the end of the year, according to Reuters, which cited unnamed
sources familiar with the details of the settlement. Chairwoman Velma Redmond
will step down before the end of 2017, along with trustee James Mead. The
deal would also set a 10-year term limit for board members, give the attorney
general 30 days to object to newly named trustees, and place restrictions on
board pay.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The trust, established candy magnate Milton Hershey to
operate a school for disadvantaged children, has voting control of Hershey Co.
It has been a lightning rod for controversy in recent years, with state
regulators investigating allegations of self-dealing and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Hershey-Trust-Land-Buys-Raise/212045"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">questionable financial moves</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">and attempting to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Pa-Ends-Hershey-Trust-Inquiry/219431"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">mandate changes</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">in board
membership and wages. In February, the attorney general's office sent trustees
a letter </span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Pa-Asks-3-Board-Members-to/236334"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">threatening legal action </span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">if the
organization did not agree to reforms on pay and if certain board members did
not step down. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">A Different Twist At Charity Fraud </span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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failing to hand over thousands of dollars in donations given in the memory of
loved ones and faking letters from charities in order to cover up her crime.
Among the alleged victims said to have been deprived of donations are Weston
Hospice Care, Help for Heroes, Action for Children, Alzheimer's Society,
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Friends of
Axbridge, Children's Society, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), St
Monica Trust and Brunelcare. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/cheddar-funeral-director-alison-pople-admits-stealing-charity-donations-made-by-the-bereaved/story-29473842-detail/story.html#qMv8O8XgkyrELTK5.99">(source)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Wounded Warrior Project Resetting<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The new chief executive of the
Wounded Warrior Project, one of the nation’s largest veterans charities, said
he anticipates laying off an undisclosed number of employees and cutting the
amount of financing it provides smaller veterans groups amid a restructuring
that follows scrutiny of the nonprofit organization’s spending. Details of the
restructuring will be announced in September, but employees already know that
some jobs will be cut and the salaries of some senior officials will be
reduced, he said. There are currently about 600 employees, with headquarters in
Jacksonville and offices in other cities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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have a long road ahead of us, and the mission is huge, and it’s going to
continue to grow,” </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Linnington said. “We have to be as
nimble and as transparent and as responsive as we can possibly be.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Linnington also was hired at a salary
of $280,000, he said. That’s significantly smaller than the $473,015 and
$369,030 others received in 2013, the last year for which tax documents are
readily available. At least 12 employees made at least $147,000 at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">“I have a much different salary than
my predecessors had, and I think that’s appropriate,” Linnington said. “We’re
looking at all of the salaries of all of our executives now, and I think that
you will see them all trend down, as well. That’s part of trying to squeeze
every nickel out of every donor dollar and to get it where it’s most needed:
with those who served.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A Catholic priest will spend three
to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to run a criminal enterprise in connection
with the theft of money from a charity that helps poor people. The Rev. Timothy
Kane was resentenced in Wayne County to over five years and two additional
months. That would have totaled one year. Prosecutors appealed that sentence.
Kane said that he has "been punished already" and that God has him
"in the palm of his hand." Kane also was found guilty in 2014 of
embezzling between $1,000 and $20,000 from the Angel Fund and other crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Aid To War-torn Region Suspended Because of Fraud</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The U.S. government has put more than $200 million in contracts for
humanitarian aid to Syria on hold amid fears that corruption is draining money
from relief efforts, reports </span></b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/suspecting-fraud-us-suspends-some-syrian-aid-programs/2016/07/26/9ad4c600-5285-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Washington Post</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009dbf; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> The aid freeze has affected
delivery of food, medicine, and other life-saving supplies to Syrian civilians
as authorities pursue an investigation the government formally announced in
April.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Details of the review and its impact emerged in a Congressional hearing
this month. The U.S. Agency for International Development has opened 25
investigations, and contracts worth $239 million have been suspended. Global
aid charities GOAL, International Medical Corps, and the International Rescue
Committee are among the groups under review. They said they are cooperating with
investigators. </span></b><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Fraud-Concerns-Prompt-US-to/237272?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=cccd5cce3ade462a9a432d5a8b411b5a&elq=5a7b3281cdb24fe6b4fb126d38944fce&elqaid=10016&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=3698"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">(Chronicle of Philanthropy)</span></b></a><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Alabama charity $11 million fraud<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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financial officer of an Alabama clinic network---</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Birmingham
Health Care---</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> was sentenced to 17
years in prison for her role in steering $11 million from the charity to its CEO.
She was also ordered to forfeit nearly $2 million she received in
connection with the scheme and to pay more than $500,000 in back taxes. She
admitted <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">last year to stealing $1.7 million
from the federally-funded center for the poor and homeless</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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thoughtful fundamental life principles that are certainly applicable to today’s
charitable environment. We will present one principle each newsletter. </span></b><a href="http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(principles)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Over “blame” and credit”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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on with ‘accurate’ and “inaccurate”</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">IRS officials are investigating the Clinton
Foundation for alleged fraud after dozens of lawmakers asked the tax agency to
open an inquiry. </span></b><a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/irs-opens-investigation-into-clinton-foundation-activities/article/2597857"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(source)</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A Huntersville (NC) headmaster pleaded
guilty to a scheme that ripped $9 million from his school and church to fund a
lavish lifestyle. Wayne Parker, Jr., of Mooresville, took over as headmaster at
Southlake Christian Academy in 1996. He stepped down in 2014 after the
Southlake officials launched an investigation on the discovery of missing
funds.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In a criminal complaint
filed in federal court on Friday, prosecutors accused Parker of stealing funds
for everything from homes, to luxury vehicles, to Carolina Panther's preferred
seat licenses. Investigators said he built at least two homes for his family
with School and Church money.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Prosecutors said in 2000, four years after
taking over as headmaster, he was living in a trailer. He stole funds to build
a 3,140 square foot house.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Investigators said in 2010, he built an even
larger lakefront home. In order to properly fund it, he made all the school
employees take a 5 percent pay cut and claimed it was due to tough economic
conditions.</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Former
Cleveland Brown Reggie Rucker was sentenced to 21 months behind bars for
embezzlement. Rucker struck a plea deal with prosecutors. He admitted
embezzling more than $110,000 from urban peacemaker groups he oversaw.
Prosecutors believe he stole more but that's the amount they were prepared to
prove in court. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Three months after
record floods swept through Louisiana in March, the government officials in
charge of disaster response set up a post-mortem with area Red Cross staffers. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">There had been so much turnover at the
Red Cross that government emergency managers didn’t know who to call for
assistance; that Red Cross staffers <a href="https://www.propublica.org/documents/item/2995476-Parish-Complaints.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">didn’t call emergency managers back</span></a>; and that the Red
Cross didn’t provide enough shelter support. “American Red Cross was a HUGE
disappointment,” Dawn Williams, the emergency manager for Richland Parish, said
in a <a href="https://www.propublica.org/documents/item/2995472-Dawn-Williams.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">May 24 email</span></a> responding to the call-out. “They
made commitments that they didn’t keep and then chastised us for rejecting
them. Nothing was resolved from our numerous sit-down meetings we had with [the
American Red Cross] and their representatives.” <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/after-louisiana-flooding-the-red-cross-draws-a-deluge-of-complaints?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter">(ProPublica)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the
arrest of Kevin Manzon felony charges of grand theft for embezzling money from
multiple charitable organizations in the Sacramento area. According to the
criminal complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court, Manzon illegally
directed $1 million in funds from Cathedral Pioneer Church Homes Inc.,
Cathedral Pioneer Church Homes Foundation, and the Pioneer Foundation to
personal bank and business accounts and used the funds for personal expenses
such as jewelry and cars. </span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Remember Bobby Thompson? It’s the
pseudym that was used by John Cody .He stole many millions of dollars under the
noses of the FBI, IRS, State charity watchdogs and uncovered by the press.
$50,000 that the government got from his <span style="background: white;">looting
of the United States Navy Veterans Association, a charity he ran in Tampa,
Florida, is going to the Ohio Military Veterans Legal Assistance Project
arranges legal services for low-income military veterans and active service
members who can't afford an attorney. </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a $100 million
settlement with Barclays on Monday following an investigation into fraudulent
manipulation of interest rates. Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc.
manipulated LIBOR, a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments
worth trillions of dollars and has a widespread impact on global markets and
consumers, according to a statement from Madigan’s office. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Government entities and nonprofits in Illinois and
across the country were defrauded when they entered into swaps and other
investment instruments with Barclays. Government entities and nonprofits that
entered into LIBOR-linked swaps and other investment contracts with Barclays
between 2005 and 2010 will be notified if they are eligible to receive
restitution from the $93.5 million settlement fund, prosecutors said. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We flagged these few
examples of charity misdeeds:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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dollars</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$26,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Human First (NY)
hundreds of thousands of dollars</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Putney Family Services (NH) $41,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Girls Softball League (MO) $35,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Advocates (OK) at least $10,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Gene Autry Museum (OK)
$35,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Managers Association $42,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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$250,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The former police chief
of Shelby (MI), fired in January amid allegations of financial wrongdoing, was
arraigned on six criminal charges, including embezzlement of an estimated
$70,000.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Readers, weigh in as to what you
think…please continue the tips (they are very helpful) </span></b><a href="mailto:gary.r.snyder@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">gary.r.snyder@gmail.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nonprofit
Imperative</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">gathers
its information principally from media sources...some of which are directly
quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal proceedings; some
have not been charged, however there is money missing. These incidents include
only a fraction of the estimated $40 billion of charity crimes. On rare
occasions, there may be duplicates.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’re
noticed: Cites in various media:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Featured in print,
broadcast, and online media outlets, including<i>: Charity Navigator, </i></span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washington Post, National Enquirer, The Patriot-News, Vermont
Public Radio,</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Herald</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times, National Public Radio</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huffington Post</i>, </span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The Sun News, In Touch, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC
Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, msnbc.com, Marie Claire, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ethics World, Tactical Philanthropy, Aspen Philanthropy
Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Current Affairs, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The Chronicle of Philanthropy,</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics,
Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, , Portfolio
Magazine, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS
REVIEW,<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> National Religious Broadcasters</span>
newsletter, <span class="headline1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Charity Governance
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Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business
Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide,
Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, The Michigan Nonprofit
Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan
Nonprofit, ncrp.org, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">PhilanTopic,
Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie
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Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Carnegie
Corporation of America, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EO Tax Journal, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Wikipedia</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">: Non-profit
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The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Xlibris, 2011)</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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everyone. It will send a shiver down the reader's spine to think that people
with little money to spare have given generously…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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On the Brink</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (iUniverse,
2006)</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gary
Snyder is the author of <i>Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable
Sector</i> (Xlibris, June, 2011) and <i>Nonprofits: On the Brink</i>
(iUniverse, February, 2006) and articles in numerous publications. The book can
be bought at </span></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595373542/sr=8-1/qid=1142521488/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6756327-3559006?_encoding=UTF8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">amazon.com,</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780595373543"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">barnesandnoble.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Barnes and Noble (store)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-11171983601520228632016-08-09T08:32:00.000-07:002016-08-09T08:32:42.473-07:00Wounded Warrior Project Starting Anew<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">Wounded Warrior Project</span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>(WWP) is beginning its long process of rehabilitation. WWP’s <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">new CEO</span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>recently announced that an undisclosed number of the charity’s 600 employees would be laid off, funding for smaller veterans organizations will be cut back, and some of the executives’ salaries will be reduced. Details will be released in September.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;"><i>New York Times</i></span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>and CBS News exposed <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">lavish spending and other offenses</span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>at WWP earlier this year, the story surged as other veterans organizations <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">distanced themselves</span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>from WWP, a PR firm was hired to <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">manage the crisis</span><span style="color: #e66459;">, the</span> <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">board took the reins</span><span style="color: #e66459;">, the</span> <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">former leadership was fired</span><span style="color: #e66459;">, and Iowa’s</span> <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">Senator Grassley</span><span style="color: #e66459;"> </span>opened his investigation. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This transition in leadership and organizational culture follows an intense period of growth for WWP. Founded in 2003 in the basement of Marine Corps veteran John Melia, WWP grew rapidly after Steven Nardizzi (not a veteran) took over in 2009. By 2013, WWP was raising more than $300 million a year. Complaints arose that WWP had become the “<span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">neighborhood bully</span><span style="color: #e66459;">” among veterans groups, suing to guard its fundraising brand. WWP fought with charity rating agencies and others that did not condone its aggressive fundraising spending and tactics. When investigative news reports emerged about WWP’s internal workings, peers,</span> <span class="s4" style="color: #e66459; text-decoration: none;">donors</span><span style="color: #e66459;">, and the general public were ready to believe what they read.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s4"><span style="color: #e66459;">Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington</span></span><span class="s1"> became CEO of Wounded Warrior Project in June. A year before, Linnington became the director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the military agency that searches for and identifies the remains of missing servicemen. Before that, he served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. </span></span><a href="https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/08/09/embattled-wounded-warrior-project-begins-rehabilitation/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=6b951297d3-Daily_Digest_23678_9_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-6b951297d3-12281817" style="background-color: transparent;">(nonprofitquarterly)</a></div>
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Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-41278182623735075292016-08-05T07:33:00.000-07:002016-08-05T07:33:20.872-07:00Aid To War-torn Region Suspended Because Of Fraud<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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humanitarian aid to Syria on hold amid fears that corruption is draining money
from relief efforts, reports </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/suspecting-fraud-us-suspends-some-syrian-aid-programs/2016/07/26/9ad4c600-5285-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The Washington Post</span><span style="color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">.</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></div>
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investigations, and contracts worth $239 million have been suspended. Global
aid charities GOAL, International Medical Corps, and the International Rescue
Committee are among the groups under review. They said they are cooperating
with investigators. </span><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Fraud-Concerns-Prompt-US-to/237272?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=cccd5cce3ade462a9a432d5a8b411b5a&elq=5a7b3281cdb24fe6b4fb126d38944fce&elqaid=10016&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=3698"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Chronicle of Philanthropy)</i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-18099449379637365232016-08-05T07:28:00.000-07:002016-08-05T07:28:14.305-07:00A Different Twist On Charity Fraud <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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Care, Help for Heroes, Action for Children, Alzheimer's Society, National
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Children's Society, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), St Monica Trust
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Moore Foundation…more </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities, warns that a lack of funding,
loss of institutional memory, and a change in oversight strategy could render
the agency toothless. The report bemoans the IRS’s "stark shift" from
regulating tax-exempt organizations to a "nearly exclusive focus on tax
administration."</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the agency does not put enough effort into auditing the new forms, thus </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/IRS-Improperly-Granted-Charity/234855">diminishing
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advisory committee’s focus.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Instead of delving into regulatory issues related
to those subject areas, the committee will focus exclusively on tax processing
tax documents more efficiently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4344.pdf"><span style="background: white; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(IRS Advisory Committee Report)</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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percent of adults in this country – an estimated 25.6 million consumers – lost
money because of criminal activity, mostly for products and services. (Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) study looking at 17 types of fraud and its victims in
2011.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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prosecutors in several states say embezzlement investigations involving youth
sports have become common, almost always committed by unpaid board members who
are highly regarded in their communities. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/sports/youth-sports-embezzlement-by-adults.html">(nytimes)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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in financial services or non-profit. Of the total number of embezzlements,
nonprofits had the second highest number of cases. (1% less than financial
services).</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.hiscox.com/shared-documents/14537-US-2016-Hiscox-Embezzlement-Study.pdf">(US-2016-Hiscox-Embezzlement-Study)</a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Imperative</i>, the
organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in
nonprofits and government. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Skunk of the Month</i></b> award is given to
charities and government officials who show blatant disregard for the interests
and trust of contributors and taxpayers. This month’s example is:</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">POLITICO reports on a </span></b><a href="https://www.propublica.org/documents/item/2861873-Senator-Grassley-s-report-on-the-Red-Cross-June.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">blistering Senate report</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> on the American Red Cross raises fundamental questions
about the integrity of the country’s most storied charity and its stewardship
of donors’ dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The report, which was released today by Sen.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and contains nearly 300 pages of supporting
documents, found:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Red Cross spent tens of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>millions of dollars more than it has
previously acknowledged on internal expenses. The Red Cross told Grassley that
the money was largely spent on oversight to make sure the Haiti aid was used
properly. But Grassley’s office found that the charity “is unable to provide
any financial evidence that oversight activities in fact occurred."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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office about whether the charity cooperated with congressional investigators.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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investigations and ethics unit “severely undermanned and underfunded.” The
charity is “reluctant to support the very unit that is designed to police
wrongdoing within the organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">There are “substantial and fundamental concerns
about (the Red Cross) as an organization,” the report concludes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Grassley launched his investigation following
stories by ProPublica and NPR on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://www.propublica.org/series/red-cross"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Red Cross failures</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">in providing disaster relief, including after</span></b><a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2262cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">the Haiti earthquake</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">. The group raised nearly half a billion dollars after the
disaster, more than any other nonprofit. But our reporting found that, for
example, an ambitious plan to build housing resulted in just </span></b><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-half-a-billion-dollars-for-haiti-and-built-6-homes"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">six permanent homes</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Red Cross
officials, including McGovern, have repeatedly told the public that the charity
retains 9 percent of donations to cover management and administrative costs.
But Grassley found that a full 25 percent of donations — or around $125 million
— were spent on fundraising and management, a contingency fund, and a vague,
catchall category the Red Cross calls “program costs.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">On top of
that 25 percent, the Red Cross sent the bulk of the donated money to other
nonprofits to do the work on the ground. Those other nonprofits then took their
own cuts for overhead costs — as much as 11 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pressed by Grassley’s investigators, the Red Cross could not
give an accounting of the oversight it says it did with the money from the
Haitian relief. After repeated requests by Grassley’s investigators over the
course of months, the Red Cross finally last month produced a </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">document</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">with a narrative description of oversight but no financial
details.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">In general, the Red Cross itself doesn’t know
how much money it spent on each project in Haiti because of a “complex, yet
inaccurate” accounting system, the report found.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The report concludes that the Office of
Investigations, Compliance, and Ethics was left so under-resourced that it is
“unable to perform its primary function; namely, to perform investigations,
ensure compliance, and maintain ethical standards.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The report echoes </span></b><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/confidential-documents-red-cross-millions-donated-haiti"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">confidential findings</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> made
by consultants hired by the Red Cross, which were previously reported by
ProPublica and NPR.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Update</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The Board of Governors of the American Red Cross
has doubled down on its support for CEO Gail McGovern, one week after Sen.
Charles Grassley released a withering report on the nonprofit’s spending and
openness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">"Gail McGovern is respected, admired, and
really has 100 percent confidence of the board," Bonnie McElveen-Hunter,
the board’s chairwoman, said in an interview Thursday. "Frankly, we think
the nation should be casting laurels at her feet." Ms. McElveen-Hunter
said the board learned of the report’s release from the media. She said the
governors support the senator’s recommendation that the charity beef up its
internal investigation unit, but "we respectfully and fundamentally
disagree" with his other findings. She said costs that the report
identifies as overhead were essential to delivering aid.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Latest
Update: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Three weeks after
publishing a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Grassley-Study-Blasts-Red/236831">report</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">critical
of the American Red Cross, Sen. Charles Grassley introduced a bill that would
grant the federal government clearer authority to access the charity’s records.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The "American Red Cross Transparency Act of
2016" would also require the charity’s-internal investigations unit to
report directly to the board, instead of the general counsel, which would make
it more independent.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The bill, S. 3128, is a direct response to what the
senator has characterized as the charity’s refusal to cooperate with an audit
by the Government Accountability Office about its disaster-response work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Red Cross has a congressional<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240124_charter.pdf">charter</a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">that grants the head of the GAO authority to "review
the corporation’s involvement in any federal program or activity the government
carries out under law."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The charity asserted that the GAO could only access its
records regarding decisions that directly involve federal funds or work it does
in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to the
report by Sen. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. The senator has accused chief
executive Gail McGovern of trying to thwart the GAO’s audit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The new bill would make clear that the GAO has the right
to access any American Red Cross information about internal governance and
programs connected to "national preparedness," plus the right to
interview any board member, employee, or volunteer.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Adding staff members to the internal-investigations unit
is the only step that Board of Governors chair Bonnie McElveen-Hunter said the
board would take in response to Sen. Grassley’s report, according to an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Critical-Haiti-Report/236901">interview</a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Chronicle</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>three weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee,
which Sen. Grassley chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A spokesperson for the American Red Cross said the
nonprofit "will review the proposed legislation and make our views known
to Congress at the appropriate time."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hershey Trust In
Disarray </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The charitable trust that controls
Hershey Co. and its </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">trustees are under scrutiny by Pennsylvania's attorney
general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The attorney general's office
is threatening to take the trustees to court if they don't make governance
reforms at the trust by the end of the month, according to people familiar with
the matter. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Because of pressure from state
regulators, the trust could lose three longstanding board members, after losing
four members since December, including one last weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A spokesman for the trust, one the
nation's richest charities, said the board is in talks with the attorney
general's office and hopes to reach a resolution.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br />
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The trust's board, which typically has 10 members, oversees
an endowment that nearly doubled, when adjusted for inflation, between 2000 and
2014 to $12.1 billion, according to federal tax records, and outstrips that of
many elite colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">But infighting and scandals have
plagued the trust's board for years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2010, regulators announced an
investigation into the trust's 2006 acquisition of a golf course adjacent to
school property for $12 million -- more than twice the appraised value. The
school built a $5 million clubhouse, only to close the course a few years later
to build student housing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dozens of local businessmen and
doctors, including Hershey's chief executive at the time, benefited from the
deal because they owned shares in the golf course, according to an
investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The attorney general's office struck
a deal with the board in 2013, which required trustees to adhere to stricter
conflict-of-interest standards and limited base pay for board members to a
$30,000 retainer each.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Few other large charities pay their
board members, including Ivy League schools that manage multibillion-dollar
endowments.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the year prior to the agreement,
four board members earned more than $250,000 from various Hershey boards,
including one who received more than $1 million in compensation, according to
the charity's tax returns.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Earlier this year, the
attorney general's office sent the charity a letter accusing it of failing to
adequately reduce compensation, among other concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">In addition, it called
for the resignation of three board members because they have served for more
than 10 years, including former chairman Robert Cavanaugh, who also sits on
Hershey's corporate board, and the trust's current chairman. None of those
three board members have resigned.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Around the same time,
regulators began digging into an internship then-chairman Mr. Cavanaugh helped
acquire for his son with a company client after other disgruntled board members
raised the matter, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mr. Cavanaugh didn't
respond to a request for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Last year, four
trustees, two of whom have since resigned, wrote a letter to the board's head
of governance, saying the board had "been required to devote substantial
time, effort and trust resources on internal investigations, intrusion on
management and infighting." The divisiveness has "paralyzed us as a
board," they said. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/article/hershey-trust-faces-crunch-time--wsj-20160714-00044">(source)</a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">More On Trump’s
Charity Activities</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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a New York-area estate to Libya's then-dictator, Muammar Qadhafi, Donald Trump
assured a reporter that the money had all gone to charity, a claim that </span></b><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-qadhafi-224203?elqTrackId=31c59785c1e54b72bf1bc22dc1ffaa7d&elq=df07d9d1fcca48ceb12f1b741469782a&elqaid=9454&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=3339#ixzz4BSRhVWby"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">POLITICO</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> has been unable to
verify and that his campaign is unwilling to confirm. The episode adds to a
series of unverified or exaggerated claims of charitable giving that have been
dogging the presumptive Republican nominee. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trump’s </span></b><a href="http://nonprofitimperative.blogspot.com/2016/06/trump-philanthropist.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">past promises</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that
the proceeds of his ill-fated vodka line,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.huffingtonpost\.com\/entry\/trump-vodka-charity_us_575740f2e4b0a3d6fbd31033\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Trump Vodka</span></span><span style="background: white;">,</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
and of his 2015 campaign book, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.huffingtonpost\.com\/entry\/donald-trump-crippled-america-proceeds_us_5754bde0e4b0ed593f14bdf9\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Crippled America</span></span><span style="background: white;">,”</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
would go to charity are now also coming under scrutiny because of a lack of
evidence that he followed through on them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">More:</i> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">According
to the </span></b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-promised-millions-to-charity-we-found-less-than-10000-over-7-years/2016/06/28/cbab5d1a-37dd-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Washington Post</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> Donald Trump's
pledges in connection with Trump University, Trump Vodka, his reality TV show,
and other ventures could have yielded $8.5 million in gifts over the past 15
years. Other than Mr. Trump's $1 million gift last month to a veterans charity,
the newspaper was able to document one direct donation from the mogul-turned-politician
since 2008 — a contribution of $5,000 to $9,999 to the Police Athletic
League of New York City.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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foundation to cover his $12,000 winning bid for a piece of sports memorabilia
at a Florida charity auction four years ago, a payment tax experts say might
violate Internal Revenue Service rules, </span></b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/01/donald-trump-used-money-donated-for-charity-to-buy-himself-a-tim-tebow-signed-football-helmet/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Washington Post</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> writes. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">IRS rules on “self-dealing” bar the “furnishing of
goods” by private foundations to their own officials. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Other news articles are being prepared that examine
some other purchases by the Trump Foundation that appear to benefit mostly
Trump.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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officer for 24 years of the Community Action of Minneapolis and earning a
salary of $180,000 plus bonuses and other allowances was</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/10/davis-indictment"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">indicted on charges</span></a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">he used taxpayer grants on lavish trips, personal purchases and
political activity pleaded guilty in federal court this week. “</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Bill Davis stole from those in need to line
his own pockets. The evidence of fraud was overwhelming, and the defendant’s
guilty plea to all of the charges against him is a just result,” said U.S.
Attorney Andy Luge. His son, Jordan, is a Minneapolis police officer. Jordan
Davis is also charged and is scheduled to go to trial. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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provide poor residents with heating and nutrition assistance. But it was
shuttered not long after the allegations against Davis became public in a
scathing state audit.</span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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thoughtful fundamental life principles that are certainly applicable to today’s
charitable environment. We will present one principle each newsletter. </span></b><a href="http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(principles)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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up 4 percent from the previous year, according to estimates from "Giving
USA," an annual report on American philanthropy. The giving total set a
record for the second year in a row as contributions further eclipsed
prerecession levels. However, the results for 2015 were not quite as strong as
in the previous year, when giving surged 6.1 percent. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Tuesday that it was the charity allegedly victimized in what authorities say
was a fraud scheme orchestrated by another Wall Street executive, </span></b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/dealbook/charitable-trust-says-it-was-a-victim-of-an-investment-scheme.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The
New York Times</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> reports. Mr. Bacon
said his Moore Charitable Foundation, which supports conservation efforts, put
$25 million into an alleged phony investment vehicle promoted by Andrew
Caspersen, then with private-equity firm the Park Hill Group. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Moore foundation said it "detected
irregularities in a proposed follow-on deal” and notified investment bank PJT
Partners, Park Hill's parent company, and cooperated in its investigation of
the matter.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Permanente has filed a lawsuit in California accusing a former employee
responsible for investigating insurance fraud claims of embezzling $7 million.
The suit by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan accuses Michael Albert Quinn of
submitting invoices for investigative services that were not performed or were
not justified over a 16-year span after he joined the company in 1998.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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CEO of two nonprofit health clinics in Alabama of diverting $14 million in
federal funding to private companies he formed to contract with the clinics.
Jonathan Dunning is the former CEO of Birmingham (Ala.) Health Care and Central
Alabama Comprehensive Health in Tuskegee. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Brazilian sports federations for allegedly pocketing Olympic investments worth
$9 million.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Directors of the Milton Hershey School for
impoverished children in Pennsylvania have collectively been paid $6.9 million
over the last three years and charged hundreds of thousands of dollars in
travel costs to the organization, according to documents obtained by </span></b><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160620_Hershey_School_s_board__despite_orders_to_be_frugal__runs_up_big_expense_bills.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The
Philadelphia Inquirer.</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Financial and spending decisions by the $12 billion Hershey Trust, which
oversees the private school and holds majority control of the giant namesake
chocolate company, have repeatedly drawn </span></b><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/A-Case-for-Nonprofit/157881"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">regulatory and media scrutiny.</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> The Pennsylvania attorney
general’s office sought to curb board members’ compensation and spending in
a </span></b><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Pa-Ends-Hershey-Trust-Inquiry/219431"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">2013 agreement</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> that ended a state investigation of the organization. In-house
expense reports for the last two and a half years include $362,000 for travel,
meals, and hotels, including an $18,000 tab for a weekend board meeting at the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York and at least 60 limousine rides, many from airports
in Philadelphia and Baltimore to the trust’s offices in central Pennsylvania</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(see more on Hershey Trust above)</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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delivered a guilty verdict for Rep. Chaka Fattah, who was convicted on 29
separate federal charges related to bribery, money laundering, fraud and racketeering.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The jury convicted Fattah on money laundering
charges related to his borrowing of $1 million from a donor during his
unsuccessful campaign for Philadelphia mayor. Fattah later repaid part of the
loan by using funds from charitable and federal grants received by his
nonprofit, the Educational Advancement Alliance.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Police are currently investigating the Brazilian sports
federations for allegedly pocketing Olympic investments worth some $9
million dollars. These investments were reserved for Olympic athletes’
training, travel and overall preparation for the event. They are also are
inspecting former sports minister Ricardo Leyser’s knowledge on the matter, yet
he denied the allegations,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-rio-corruption-idUSL1N19Q01E">Reuters</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>reported. The suspected embezzlement
also includes funds meant for buying equipment and improving training sites for
the Rio 2016 Olympics, which are scheduled to start on Aug. 5. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #1c2022; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We flagged these few
examples of charity misdeeds:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">World Ambassadors, Ltd.
$500,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rhode Island
Association for Cardiac Children $186,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">North Valley Hockey and
Sports Complex (CA) $400</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Big Brothers Big
Sisters of the Tri-State (TN) $26,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Metropolitan Community
Church (OR) $70,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Domestic Violence Resource
Center (NM) $45,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Haslett School
District Band Boosters (MI) $30,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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(VA) $24,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<$20,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">First Baptist Church </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(TN) $30,000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Northwest Lake County Senior Center (MI) <$20000</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Political/public official chicanery</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #0c2c55; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just a few</i>):<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A senior official in
charge of a high-profile program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is
the focus of a law enforcement probe into a potential conflict of interest with
her husband’s business and possibly other matters, the Project On Government
Oversight </span></b><a href="http://www.pogo.org/blog/2016/06/senior-va-official-investigated-for-possible-conflict.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(POGO)</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> has learned. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #FAFAFA; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">U</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.S. Rep.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/politics-government/government/corrine-brown-PEPLT000730-topic.html" title="Corrine Brown"><span style="background: white;">Corrine Brown</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">has been indicted on public corruption charges and is
expected to arraign in federal court in Jacksonville, two U.S. law enforcement
officials said. </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Prosecutors
say One Door's director, Carla Wiley, presented her organization as an
education charity starting in 2011 but never obtained tax-exempt status or
filed state or federal tax returns, even as it solicited about $800,000 in
donations. Between 2012 and 2016, as Wiley withdrew or transferred to her own
accounts more than $140,000, the group issued just one scholarship for about
$1,000, authorities said. While documents in Wiley's case didn't mention Brown
by name, prosecutors alleged that $150,000 in charity funds had been used for
events hosted by or in the honor of an </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">unnamed
public official</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Claudia Viles was a fixture in the
government of the central Maine town of Anson for 42 years, elected and trusted
to collect taxes – often in cash – with no hesitation, or oversight, until
hundreds of thousands of dollars were discovered missing. She was found guilty
on 13 counts related to the theft of $500,948.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Former Erwin Township Clerk was
sentenced in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Gogebic County<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Circuit Court (MI) to 30 days in jail
for embezzling money from the township.</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The
former director of Macon County’s Board of Elections was sentenced to six<span style="background: #FAFAFA;"> months in prison for embezzling $69,000 public
funds. </span></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The
village of Bethlehem (WV) is seeking justice after losing approximately
$126,000 due an alleged case of embezzlement. Former village clerk Andrea Lee
McDonald, 69, faces felony charges for alleged fraudulent schemes and
conspiracy to commit larceny.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> A former social services worker who pleaded guilty to embezzling
more than $200,000 from an account intended for needy families was sentenced to
serve two years and three months in prison. Pamela Elaine Basham, the former
assistant director of Montgomery County Social Services, will also have to pay
$224,291 in restitution. </span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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homeless people, has now been convicted of embezzling an additional $4,200
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Readers, weigh in as to what you
think…please continue the tips (they are very helpful) </span></b><a href="mailto:gary.r.snyder@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">gary.r.snyder@gmail.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Imperative</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">gathers
its information principally from media sources...some of which are directly
quoted. Virtually all cited are in some phase of criminal proceedings; some
have not been charged, however there is money missing. These incidents include
only a fraction of the estimated $40 billion of charity crimes. On rare
occasions, there may be duplicates.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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noticed: Cites in various media:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Featured in print,
broadcast, and online media outlets, including<i>: Charity Navigator, </i></span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washington Post, National Enquirer, The Patriot-News, Vermont
Public Radio,</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Herald</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times, National Public Radio</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huffington Post</i>, </span></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The Sun News, In Touch, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC
Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, msnbc.com, Marie Claire, </span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ethics World, Tactical Philanthropy, Aspen Philanthropy
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Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, , Portfolio
Magazine, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS
REVIEW,<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> National Religious Broadcasters</span>
newsletter, <span class="headline1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Charity Governance
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Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business
Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide,
Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan
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Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Carnegie
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The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Xlibris, 2011)</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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everyone. It will send a shiver down the reader's spine to think that people
with little money to spare have given generously…”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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On the Brink</span></i></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (iUniverse,
2006)</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gary
Snyder is the author of <i>Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable
Sector</i> (Xlibris, June, 2011) and <i>Nonprofits: On the Brink</i>
(iUniverse, February, 2006) and articles in numerous publications. The book can
be bought at </span></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595373542/sr=8-1/qid=1142521488/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6756327-3559006?_encoding=UTF8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">amazon.com,</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780595373543"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">barnesandnoble.com</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Barnes and Noble (store)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-42009476378369244412016-07-13T11:33:00.001-07:002016-07-13T11:33:11.205-07:00Margate Florida Monitoring of Charity Leads To $500,000 Loss<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Broward Office of the Inspector General issued a report that accused Margate (FL) city officials of "gross mismanagement" in losing nearly a half-million dollars to a nonprofit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The city had an arrangement with the Alzheimer's Family Center for decades to take care of its bookkeeping, and pay its bills out of public money and then be reimbursed as the center raised money through fundraising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The report said city staff noticed the debt mounting but never said anything internally until the debt reached $300,000, and even then the City Commission wasn't told.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-3991175894742199922016-07-08T06:56:00.001-07:002016-07-08T06:57:45.698-07:00Government Oversight of Red Cross Bill Introduced<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Three weeks after publishing a <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Grassley-Study-Blasts-Red/236831" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">report</a> critical of the American Red Cross, Sen. Charles Grassley introduced a bill Wednesday that would grant the federal government clearer authority to access the charity’s records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The "American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2016" would also require the charity’s-internal investigations unit to report directly to the board, instead of the general counsel, which would make it more independent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bill, S. 3128, is a direct response to what the senator has characterized as the charity’s refusal to cooperate with an audit by the Government Accountability Office about its disaster-response work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The American Red Cross has a congressional <a href="http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240124_charter.pdf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">charter</a> that grants the head of the GAO authority to "review the corporation’s involvement in any federal program or activity the government carries out under law."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The charity asserted that the GAO could only access its records regarding decisions that directly involve federal funds or work it does in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to the report by Sen. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. The senator has accused chief executive Gail McGovern of trying to thwart the GAO’s audit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new bill would make clear that the GAO has the right to access any American Red Cross information about internal governance and programs connected to "national preparedness," plus the right to interview any board member, employee, or volunteer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Adding staff members to the internal-investigations unit is the only step that Board of Governors chair Bonnie McElveen-Hunter said the board would take in response to Sen. Grassley’s report, according to an <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Critical-Haiti-Report/236901" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">interview</a> with <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Chronicle</em> three weeks ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Sen. Grassley chairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A spokesperson for the American Red Cross said the nonprofit "will review the proposed legislation and make our views known to Congress at the appropriate time."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-63409151426373123312016-07-08T06:47:00.000-07:002016-07-08T06:47:36.439-07:00Ex Wall Streeter Takes $25 million From Foundation<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Wall Street scion and former private-equity manager pleaded guilty Wednesday to cheating investors, including an industry peer’s charitable foundation, out of more than $38 million to feed what he called an uncontrollable <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Wall-St-Scion-in/236808" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">gambling habit,</a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fraud-caspersen-idUSKCN0ZM2DP" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">Reuters</a> reports. Andrew Caspersen’s <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Fund-Chiefs-Charity-Says-It/235888" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">chief victim</a> was the Moore Charitable Foundation, headed by hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, which lost some $25 million in the fraud scheme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Caspersen, the Princeton- and Harvard-educated son of the late financier and philanthropist <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Obituary-Finn-MW-Caspersen/208177" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009dbf; text-decoration: none;">Finn M.W. Caspersen,</a> agreed to forfeit $45 million as part of his guilty plea to wire and securities fraud. Prosecutors said that while working for Park Hill Group, a private-equity arm of investment bank PJT Partners, he solicited investments he claimed would fund loans to private-equity firms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It was just a means for me to get money to feed a gambling addition that was all consuming at the time,” a tearful Mr. Caspersen said in federal court. Sentencing was scheduled for November 2. (</span><a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Ex-Wall-St-Executive-Admits/237049?cid=cpfd_home" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.6px;">source</a>)</div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">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:
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Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-91428093129946192812016-06-30T08:49:00.001-07:002016-06-30T08:49:09.752-07:00Trump Promises Millions To Charity; Gives Less Than Ten Thousand<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">According to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-promised-millions-to-charity-we-found-less-than-10000-over-7-years/2016/06/28/cbab5d1a-37dd-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html">Washington
Post</a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">,</span> Donald Trump's
pledges in connection with Trump University, Trump Vodka, his reality TV show,
and other ventures could have yielded $8.5 million in gifts over the past 15
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Other than Mr. Trump's $1 million gift last month to a veterans charity,
the newspaper was able to document one direct donation from the
mogul-turned-politician since 2008 — a contribution of $5,000 to $9,999 to
the Police Athletic League of New York City.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">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: Charity Navigator, Vermont Public Radio, Miami Herald, National Public Radio (NPR), Huffington Post, The Sun News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), “Betrayal”, (a movie), NBC (on Charity Fraud…TBD), FOX2, ABC Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Marie Claire, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter, Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, Charity Navigator, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St. Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News, Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW, National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The Charity Governance Blog, American Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, Finance and Administration Roundtable Newsletter, MichiganNonprofit.com, CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner, msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, Carnegie Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations; Parent: Wise Austin, Accountants News, Veterans Today, Answers.com, Far-roundtable, #Nonprofit Report, nonprofithelpnews, nonprofit news; National Enquirer, Northwest Herald, The HelpWise Daily, The #Nonprofit Report, Wikipedia (Nonprofit Organization), Answers.com,
Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331829073172381870.post-83418550436601821522016-06-20T08:02:00.002-07:002016-06-20T08:02:28.839-07:00Family Affair: Hundreds of Thousands Stolen From Poor Residents<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Gary Snyder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">While </span><span style="color: black;">chief executive
officer for 24 years of the Community Action of Minneapolis and earning a
salary of $180,000 plus bonuses and other allowances,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> he was </span></span><a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/10/davis-indictment"><span style="color: blue;">indicted on charges</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">he used taxpayer grants on lavish trips, personal purchases
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>Bill Davis stole from those in need to line
his own pockets. The evidence of fraud was overwhelming, and the defendant’s
guilty plea to all of the charges against him is a just result,” said U.S.
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shuttered not long after the allegations against Davis became public in a
scathing state audit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cites in various media:
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Nonprofits: On the Brink (2006)
Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (2011)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837976458588152104noreply@blogger.com0