New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is following his big win earlier this month with a $522,000 pay out from a Brooklyn rabbi who collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for fake charities. Rabbi Yaakov Weingarten pled guilty in NY State Supreme Court to felony tax fraud for soliciting donations from thousands of donors …
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To Take Or Not to Take … (A Scandalous Donation)
America’s historically black colleges and universities are facing a hard choice: continue struggling for much needed funds or accept a donation from David and Charles Koch. From one perspective, this is a win-win scenario. The colleges get funding in the face of decreases in government funding and aid and the Koch brothers will perhaps attract …
IRS Crippled by Tea Party Scandal
In the wake of the tea party scandal, you might think that Congress would want to bolster up the IRS’s exempt organizations division to ensure proper staffing and oversight. But you would be wrong. The House recently cut the IRS tax enforcement division budget by $1.2 billion (a 25% cut). The cut is a reflection …
Failure to Preserve Lerner's Emails Violative of Federal Law?
The IRS’s failure to preserve former IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails is continuing to be problematic for the IRS and now appears to be causing trouble for the White House too. Cause of Action, a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan government watchdog, recently released a memo alleging that the IRS’s failure to preserve Lerner’s emails may constitute a …
Where Do Clothing Bin Donations Go?
When people put old clothes in the used-clothing bins around New York City, they believe those clothes are going to charity. But The New York Times explains that is not always the case. Although most of the bins around the city have signs indicating that donated goods will go to the needy or to charities, …
Google.org Selects Google Glass Nonprofit Guinea Pigs
Google.org, Google’s nonprofit arm, has chosen five nonprofits to test out new ways to use Google Glass, the Web-connected eyewear. The search attracted 1,300 submissions for how nonprofit organizations could uniquely use the new technology. A Google.org spokesperson explained that each applicant was assessed based on the passion, impact, and shear feasibility of their proposed …