Non-Profits Acting Like For-Profits: Should Fraternal Benefit Organizations Be Tax-Exempt?

Aug 13, 2025

Fraternal benefit organizations are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided they operate under a lodge system and primarily exist to provide for the payment of life,...

Material Weaknesses & Significant Deficiencies at Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice

Jun 25, 2025

CharityWatch has issued Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (Astraea Foundation) a “?” rating for its fiscal year ended 06/30/2024 due to our specific concerns related to its independent auditors’ “Schedule...

Is Gay Men’s Health Crisis in Financial Crisis?

Jun 24, 2025

This year marked the 40th anniversary of AIDS Walk New York, an annual fundraiser benefitting Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) and other HIV service providers. Last month’s event coincided with...

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....

How to Report a Charity to State Regulators

May 1, 2025

The majority of states have designated departments that regulate charities operating or soliciting donations within their borders. If you have been the victim of a charity scam, consider filing a...

CharityWatch Flags Charities That Receive Significant Government Funding

Mar 10, 2025

The Urban Institute recently published an online map tool to help donors and other nonprofit stakeholders better understand the financial risk to nonprofits if they lose their government grants. Nationwide,...

Executive Orders’ Impact on Charities

Jan 30, 2025

President Trump signed dozens of executive orders following his January 20th inauguration, some of which affect nonprofit organizations. Not all of the executive orders will take effect immediately and many...

Hopeful Athletes Pay Thousands, But Where Did The Money Go?

Jan 7, 2025

“If you’re getting to the point where you’re thinking we’re doing anything fraudulent…you’re totally wrong.” — Leo Etienne, founder of the postgrad football team Advanced Prep Academy and the nonprofit...

NRA Executive Reaches Settlement With New York Attorney General on Eve of Trial

Jan 8, 2024

According to a January 5, 2024 press release by New York Attorney General (NY AG) Letitia James, “Attorney General James Announces Settlement with Former NRA [National Rifle Association] Senior Strategist...

Brett Favre’s Charitable Foundation Scrutinized Over Grants to Help Fund USM Volleyball Facility

Sep 29, 2022

Brett Favre's charitable foundation, Favre 4 Hope, is being scrutinized over grants it made over three years to help fund the University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) volleyball facility...

The Brett Favre Charity Controversy: Charities Are Not Piggy Banks For The Pet Projects of Their Founders

Sep 29, 2022

"Founding a charity to purportedly help breast cancer patients and underserved and disabled children, and then using it instead as a vehicle to funnel funds to a volleyball facility that...

I’m Not Here To Make Friends

Apr 22, 2022

Exposing the truth about wasteful and unethical practices in the charity world sometimes means not being universally liked. Unlike charity trade associations and other industry insiders whose priority is to...