Charity With Millions in City Contracts Under Scrutiny Over Questionable Financial Reporting
May 30, 2025
CharityWatch CEO, Laurie Styron, analyzed the tax filings of TIME Organization for WBAL News and pointed out concerning red flags at a charity that receives millions in city government contracts.
“‘For a state oversight office to not even have a record of a nonprofit being registered at all when it’s known to be soliciting contributions from the public is extremely concerning,’ Styron told 11 News Investigates. ‘It’s just a real recipe for disaster.'”
“While TIME Organization reported receiving $8.8 million in charity for 2023, the nonprofit told the IRS that it spent zero dollars on fundraising. Styron called this her third red flag.”
“‘No staff time expenses, no postage printing or mailing, no internet fees or running ads or, you know, printing brochures,’ Styron told 11 News Investigates. ‘How does a nonprofit raise that much money with [sic] without spending even one penny to do so? It’s almost unheard of.'”
“The tax filings state that TIME’s CEO made $226,692 in 2018, then $0 in salary from $2019-2022, and then than [sic] $476,000 in 2023.”
“‘That causes us, as a watchdog, to question, ‘Are they receiving compensation some other way through some related legal entity that is obfuscating what they’re actually getting?’ Styron told 11 News Investigates. ‘There’s just really obvious red flags with this organization not having an audit, claiming it has zero fundraising expenses.'”
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