New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Files Consumer Fraud Action Against Newark Organization that Allegedly Misled Charitable Donors, Transferred Contributions to For-Profit Business
New Jersey Youth Club, Inc. (NJYC), a Newark-based organization that claims to help underprivileged New Jersey youths, has been ordered to temporarily cease seeking door-to-door solicitations, and has had its assets temporarily frozen, under an Order to Show Cause entered by the Superior Court Judge in connection with an action filed on behalf of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Continue reading “New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Files Consumer Fraud Action Against Newark Organization that Allegedly Misled Charitable Donors, Transferred Contributions to For-Profit Business”
New York Attorney General Announces $25 Million Settlement With National Veterans Charity And Its Direct Mail Fundraisers
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has secured a $24.6 million settlement of his Charities Bureau’s investigation into direct mail fundraising abuses at what has become one of the country’s largest veterans’ charities, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF). The abuses, the investigation found – including misleading solicitations and failure to disclose conflicts of interest –were perpetrated by DVNF’s two outside, for-profit direct mail vendors, Quadriga Art and Convergence Direct Marketing. Continue reading “New York Attorney General Announces $25 Million Settlement With National Veterans Charity And Its Direct Mail Fundraisers”
NASCO Submits Comment on Proposed Form 1023-EZ
Yesterday NASCO submitted comments to the US Department of Treasury recommending against the proposed Form 1023-EZ, citing the 2012 ACT Report and endorsing ACT’s reasons for recommending against development of an abbreviated application for tax-exempt status. Continue reading “NASCO Submits Comment on Proposed Form 1023-EZ”
National Association of Attorneys General: Letter on the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Provisions Regarding Information
Sharing Between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and State Charity Regulators (Attorneys General)
“We write to express our collective desire that Congress amend the provisions of sections 6103, 6104 and 7213 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). This request is intended to enhance the effectiveness of state charity regulators as well as the IRS by enabling state regulators to more freely use information shared by the IRS.”
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