Accountability
September 8, 2015 at 10:15 am
How much should the heads of major charities make? “It goes back to your passions and what is important to you,” said Jimmy Hill, president of the River Region United Way. “If I’m here working for a profit ... then I’m here for the wrong reason.” But pay someone far too little and the charity…
September 8, 2015 at 10:00 am
Federal agents from Washington raided Memphis Goodwill this week as part of a growing national fraud investigation into AbilityOne, the top taxpayer-funded program that provides work to disabled workers, according to inside sources. More than two dozen agents from numerous federal agencies drove onto the Memphis Goodwill headquarters on Wednesday, sealing the back of the…
September 4, 2015 at 9:11 am
The onetime director of Jared Fogle's charity has agreed to plead guilty to charges of child exploitation and distributing and receiving child pornography as part of a conspiracy with the former Subway pitchman, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Indianapolis said Tuesday. The plea agreement with Russell Taylor, 43, a former head of the charity focusing…
September 2, 2015 at 9:38 am
Recently I spent a day with a team of passionate fundraisers discussing their fundraising program. The team had strong personal connections to both the organization and the event itself, and many had been working on the program for the majority of their career. In short, this was a dedicated and knowledgeable group. Unfortunately, the program…
September 1, 2015 at 9:42 am
The Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center is moving its annual Paw Prints fundraising gala from Heinz Field to the Consol Energy Center to protest the Pittsburgh Steelers' signing of Michael Vick. “(Vick) is a football player in their eyes. In our eyes, he is an animal abuser,” said Ann Yeager, the rescue league's…
August 25, 2015 at 9:31 am
A USA Today investigation into the Jared Foundation's tax records found that the organization, founded in 2008, has not issued a single grant. According to the USA Today report, the foundation spent an average of just $73,000 a year, with 60 percent of that total allocated to former executive director Russell Taylor's salary and 26 percent unaccounted for...
August 24, 2015 at 10:51 am
A patrolman who appears in a video pressuring a driver to support a police fundraiser or have his car towed has been placed on desk duty, police said. Officer Matthew Zagursky embarrassed the police department and may have committed a crime, Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. On the video, the officer asked: "You and your friend…
August 21, 2015 at 12:29 pm
I am old school and still maintain my to-do list by hand. Some days I do not look at the list because I know what is on the list. The point of this post is not to advocate for the elimination of a work-priority task list, but to encourage you to create a modified version of a list. Divide your list by time segments, priorities and importance with respect to deadlines...
August 21, 2015 at 11:29 am
NPQ has reported on large university foundations in the past, with an emphasis on the debate over whether public policy should be changed to force more endowed funds to be disbursed to fund scholarships and salaries. The largest U.S. universities have billions in endowments (and growing); meanwhile, tuitions continue to rise, and the nation’s student…
August 21, 2015 at 11:23 am
A two-term state senator admitted in federal court Thursday that he stole $1.8 million from the nonprofit agency where he worked and filed a false tax return. Sen. Rick Brinkley, 54, admitted wrongdoing on all six charges—five counts of wire fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return. He negotiated a plea…
