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- 10) Covenant House (CH)<\/a><\/li>
- 9) United Way of America (UWA)<\/a><\/li>
- 8) Feed the Children (FC)<\/a><\/li>
- 7) Angel food Ministries (AFM)<\/a><\/li>
- 6) Central Asia Institute (CAI)<\/a><\/li>
- 5) Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) & Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes (CSAH)<\/a><\/li>
- 4)\u00a0Charity One Inc.<\/a><\/li>
- 3)\u00a0The Deniz Feneri charity<\/a><\/li>
- 2) Foundation for New Era Philanthropy (New Era)<\/a><\/li>
- 1)\u00a0United States Navy Veterans Institute (USNVA)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n
10) Covenant House (CH)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nFather Bruce Ritter established Covenant House in 1972 to give shelter to homeless teenagers. At first the Charity was exactly what it set out to be and it quickly grew into a well-known and well-respected charity in the nation. He even got a claim for his charitable work from the likes such as\u00a0President Reagan, President Bush and Mother Teresa. \u00a0With this being said rumours has started appearing over\u00a0years about Ritter’s sexual relations to the residents at CH.<\/p>\n
4 people stepped up against Ritter between 1989 -1990. Although he denied the charges he stepped down from CH. Covenant House then led their own investigation into Ritter and found evidence to support that he had at least 15 cases of sexual relations with residents.<\/p>\n
The structure of CH made it so the board of directors had little authority and made it so Ritter could do as he pleased with all the money the charity made and with some of the money he funded one of his other charities the Franciscan Charitable Trust and loaned money to two senior staff member who then later resigned.<\/p>\n
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9) United Way of America (UWA)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWilliam Aramony was the CEO and President of United Way of America for 22 years. William Aramony was a well respected individual and was a very influential non-profit leader who even played a part in creating some of the rules in which charities still use today, however his reputation soon fell apart in 1992 when he resigned due to allegations that he used funds from the UWA to give to companies he had helped create.<\/p>\n
That scandal went even further than this because what it is most well-known for is his other ‘expenses’. He used money from the charity to pursue Lori Villasor who was only 17. When\u00a0they was dating he would use UWA money to buy things like a $450,000 condo which was fully furnished in New York, $78,000 on a chauffeur which would drive her where ever she liked and vacations all over the world. Aramony’s former aide Rina Duncan whom he also had an affair with testified to falsifying his expense records for 7 years.<\/p>\n
Aramony had also been known for his inappropriate ways with female colleagues as he would offer them ‘financial benefits’ in return for sex, however when the women refused he would simply just transfer them.<\/p>\n
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8) Feed the Children (FC)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nLarry Jones, former president of Feed the Children was involved in many scandals. His face was well recognised at the time because he even starred in FC’s\u00a0infomercials that featured malnourished children over the world. During his 30 years as president he was in the centre of financial impropriety but this never led to his resignation. An investigation took place in 1999 which revealed that executives from FC would simply take boxes from their warehouses and take them for themselves.<\/p>\n
Jones has also made major decisions without the board’s approval like\u00a0awarding a $40 million annual, no-bid television buying agreement to \u00a0a company that employed Jones’ son, Allen. This was no surprise since Allen was in huge debts to FC of nearly $1 million. Despite all the many scandals he remained president until 30 years later when the board finally taken action against him when he admitted to wiretapping offices so he could record conversations he had with colleagues. So in light of this he tried to completely get with of FC’s board to create another one which would be more loyal to him but this failed. He then tried to file a lawsuit under wrongful termination, which also failed.<\/p>\n
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7) Angel food Ministries (AFM)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJoe Wingo, his wife Linda Wingo and their son Andy owned the non-profit charity Angel Food Ministries. Joe Wingo, who served as a pastor in a church that he founded started the charity in 1994 after a year since coming out of a prison for extortion charges. Its goal was to sell food to the needy for very affordable prices by buying in bulks and this was enough to convince the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) to issue a $7 million low-interest loan in 2005.<\/p>\n
In 2011 they decided to shut their charity down and 2 months later federal investigators did a 4 year-long investigation on the company. They found evidence that they bought things for personal gain things like cars, sporting goods, electronics and even a down payment on an aircraft which was then leased back to the charity. They issued millions of dollars worth of ‘bonuses’ back to their family. Since the charity was under investigation they tried to cover up their tracks by giving the money back and coming up with complex schemes to cover up all their tracks and destroy evidence which was used to support political campaigns.<\/p>\n
This however was unsuccessful and in 2013\u00a0Joe Wingo had admitted to prosecutors that he used his place at AFM to make personal purchases with charity funds and then tried to hide these expenditures. Joe and Andy was convicted to 7 years in a federal prison and was ordered to give back $3.9 million dollars between them and Linda was sentenced to 5 years probation for having knowledge of the crime and concealing its commission.<\/p>\n
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6) Central Asia Institute (CAI)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGreg Mortenson founder of Central Asia Institute and Author of New York Times best-selling books\u00a0Three Cups of Tea<\/i> and Stones into Schools\u00a0<\/i>was a very well-known in philanthropic and literary communities until he was investigated in 2009. This was because there was very little difference in \u00a0CAI’s expenses and Mortenson’s expenses. Financial records show that CAI actually funded his book promotions and speaking events yet the charity in return never seen any money from the sales of the books or speaking events even though he charged $25,000-$30,000 per event. This means all the profit from the events must have led back directly to Mortenson himself.<\/p>\n
- 9) United Way of America (UWA)<\/a><\/li>
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