Former Utica Mayor Admits To Spending Nearly All Of Nonprofit’s Scholarship Donations On Himself
A former mayor of Utica in upstate New York admitted Friday to spending nearly all of the scholarship donations raised in memory of his late wife on himself, federal prosecutors said. Louis LaPolla, 78, pled guilty in a federal court in Syracuse to “mail fraud for soliciting and then stealing donations intended for a scholarship […]
Eight nonprofits to administer $20 billion in federal climate funds
Eight nonprofit agencies will administer $20 billion in federal funds designated to combat climate change and reduce pollution. The Biden administration previously announced that these funds, included in Democrats’ 2022 Climate Change, Taxes and Health Care Act, would be administered by a combination of large national agencies and smaller local agencies. But it was unclear […]
Blue City Shelled Out Billions Of Taxpayer Dollars To Nonprofits. Their Execs Took Home Fat Salaries
A San Francisco taxpayer-funded nonprofit offers high compensation to its executives, public records show. The 10 nonprofits with the highest executive compensation among the city’s major contractors have received $1.7 billion from San Francisco since 2017 for services ranging from responding to homelessness to supporting child care workers. ing. according to An analysis of the […]
Tech nonprofit’s ‘fact-checker,’ ‘misinformation tiplines’ project received $5.7M from federal government: Report
The tech nonprofit’s “Fact Checker” and “Misinformation Snitting” project received $5.7 million from the federal government in 2021. Daily Caller News Foundation It was reported on Monday. Government spending data reveals that the National Science Foundation: won millions of dollars in grants to Meadan for a project titled “Fact Champ Fact Checker, an Academic and […]
House Republican cracks down on foreign cash funneled into US nonprofits
First appearance on Fox: A new bill led by House Republicans aims to crack down on the flow of foreign funds to U.S.-based think tanks and charities. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) told FOX News Digital that he is concerned about where these groups are getting their money from and whether foreign governments may be using […]
Taxpayer-funded terror: Congress must stop nonprofits supporting terrorist organizations
The Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas shocked the American Jewish community and sparked a standoff among politicians in Washington over how to support our nation's strongest ally in the Middle East. As the war rages on in Gaza, there is one thing Congress has the authority, and bipartisan support, to do immediately after […]