Charity Whistle Blower Booted From Board

Aug 1, 2008

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, an AIP F rated veterans charity, removed Henry Cook, National Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH), and...

Red Cross Uses Donations To Pay Fines

Aug 1, 2008

On April 8, the American Red Cross appointed its seventh CEO in seven years, according to the Washington Post. Gail J. McGovern, formerly a Harvard Business School professor and executive...

Group Takes Steps to Improve Its Own Health

Apr 1, 2007

American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF), the poster charity for related party transactions, with over $43 million of them during the past eight years, is reforming. These transactions, which were reported...

CharityWatch Schools Charity Foundation

Apr 1, 2007

Unhappy with its appearance in AIP's December 2006 Guide, F-rated charity The Hope School Foundation contacted AIP to request that we amend our report to reflect their view that our...

Know Your Red Crosses: Is the International Committee of the Red Cross Disservicing America?

Aug 1, 2005

Many people think of the Red Cross as only one entity. There are actually three major types of Red Cross organizations included in the Red Cross Movement: the national Red...

Are Charity Boards Asleep at the Wheel? Nonprofit Governance Problems

Apr 1, 2003

Confidence in nonprofit organizations is at the lowest level in two decades and one-third of Americans who are 57 or older have less confidence in nonprofit organizations over the last...

Charity Circulated Forged Audits

Nov 1, 2000

When are audited financial statements unaudited? When the accompanying audit report is fake. The fiscal 1999 and 1998 financial statements of Feed the Children distributed to AIP and state regulators...

Disenchantment with Local Chapter Leads to Greater Concern Over National Organization

Apr 1, 2000

Based on our experience and efforts as a former advisor and a former board member of the St. Louis Gateway Area Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, we are of the opinion...

Charity Accused of Trying to Squelch Unflattering News About Itself

Sep 1, 1999

The Daily Oklahoman reported that the son of Larry Jones, founder and president of Feed The Children, stated in a personal bankruptcy filing that he owed his father's charity $950,000...

Feed the Children Execs Accused of Stealing Donated Supplies Intended for the Needy

Jul 1, 1999

After conducting a four-month investigation, WTVF, a Nashville television station, recently reported that it had secretly videotaped Feed the Children's Nashville front office "from the executive director on down"...

Salvation Army Rates High on Finances but Low on Governance

Jul 1, 1998

After repeated requests from AIP, The Salvation Army has prepared consolidated audited financial statements of its 9,347 centers of operation that provide counseling, shelter and other assistance to...