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Attorney General Ellison reaches settlement with immigration charity to address governance deficiencies
January 10, 2025 (SAINT PAUL) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced a settlement with Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization (“CMCEO”), an immigrant and refugee charity in St. Cloud, Minnesota incorporated in 2015. In the settlement, also known as an Assurance of Discontinuance, Attorney General Ellison alleges that the charity’s governance fell short of Minnesota charities laws and its bylaws, and requires the nonprofit to continue improving its compliance.
Attorney General Ellison sues nonprofits and their president for violations of Minnesota law arising out of a pattern of ongoing disruptive and deceptive conduct
January 30, 2025 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today he has filed a lawsuit against David Singleton, five Minnesota nonprofits for which Singleton serves as president, and a for-profit legal consulting business owned by Singleton, seeking to end Singleton’s longstanding fraudulent and deceptive behavior.
Yost Leads Brief Defending Religious Charity from Government Interference
Feb. 4, 2025 (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, 19 state attorneys general are opposing a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that lets the government draw the line between religious and nonreligious practices, with Yost and his counterparts saying the ruling intrudes on the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion.
“The power to define religion is the power to destroy it,” Yost said. “Our Constitution guards against government interference on religion, and few maneuvers are as intrusive as the government taking it upon itself to define religious practice.”
Attorney General Ellison reaches settlement with Mayo Clinic over charity care and debt-collection practices
Settlement requires Mayo Clinic to provide charity care to certain presumptively eligible patients and use a streamlined charity care application, and prohibits Mayo Clinic from suing patients to collect debt other than in exceptional circumstances
Attorney General also releases report detailing investigative findings and recommending legislative changes to strengthen charity care
Attorney General’s Charity Enforcement Unit secures $400k settlement involving senior living funds
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 17, 2025) – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that his office's Charity Enforcement Unit has secured a $400,000 settlement agreement following an investigation into the management of charitable funds intended for a continuing care retirement community in Tulsa.
Attorney General’s Charity Enforcement Unit secures $400k settlement involving senior living funds
Former Executive Director of VFW of Ohio Charities Pleads Guilty in Charitable Theft Case
(MARYSVILLE, Ohio) — The former leader of a statewide veterans charity pleaded guilty today in connection with the theft of more than $35,000 from a central Ohio VFW post, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.
AG Yost Approves Conditional Sale of Summa Health
(AKRON, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has conditionally approved the sale of Summa Health to General Catalyst subsidiary Health Assurance Transformation LLC (HATCo).
AG Yost Approves Conditional Sale of Summa Health - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
Annual Reports
NASCO is pleased to provide fellow regulators and the public with these annual reports on State Enforcement and Regulation. The reports consists of a sample of cases in which NASCO members were involved. The report also includes outreach efforts and published guidance.
Questions regarding particular cases, actions or issues should be directed to the relevant state.
2025 will be shared in October
2024
2022-2023 Annual Report
2021
2020
2019
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