http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Extra! Extra! is your guide to the latest investigative work. Send comments and suggestions to extraextra@ire.org. en-us support@ire.org 2008-02-20T13:45:04-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_02.html Ron Campbell of the Orange County Register investigated the the shady practices of the American Deputy Sheriff's Association, one of America's most ineffective "charities." In 2004, after being banned from seven states, an Ohio judge seized the charity and appointed... 2191@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2008-02-20T13:45:04-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_01.html An investigation by Grant Williams and Peter Panepento of The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that about half of the nation’s largest charities pay no taxes, even though they generate millions in unrelated business income. Some organizations are claiming a... 2175@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2008-01-25T12:32:01-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_12.html Lee Rood of The Des Moines Register finds that testing fees paid to the non-profit ACT Inc. of Iowa City are lining the pockets of its board of directors. "ACT, the college-entrance exam developer that has grown increasingly successful in... 2149@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-12-06T16:49:57-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_11.html Lee Davidson of the (Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News analyzed nearly 300 tax returns, known as IRS Form 990, filed by tax-exempt organization and found that Boy Scouts both in Utah and across the U.S. tend to pay their... 2118@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-11-15T10:22:40-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html An investigation by The Sacramento Bee's Terri Handy and Phillip Reese shows that former NBA star Kevin Johnson is responsible for a slew of neglected properties in the downtrodden area of Oak Park where his investments have been widely publicized... 2099@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Real Estate 2007-10-31T11:35:22-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html In another installment of The Miami Herald's Poverty Peddlers series, reporters Scott Hiaasen and Jason Grotto reveal that the Miami-Dade Empowerment Trust, the county's largest anti-poverty agency, squandered millions of dollars on lavish parties, bad loans and insider deals. The... 2069@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-10-05T13:49:36-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_09.html San Diego Union-Tribune reporters Leonel Sanchez and Brent Schrotenboer looked into employees stealing money from non-profit organizations taking a cue from the case of Pamela Sue Adams, who was sentenced to a year in jail for embezzling as much as... 2037@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-09-05T09:02:28-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_08.html James Pressley, school board president in Pleasantville, N.J., sought money from community businesses who were seeking contracts from the school board. John Froojian, of the Press of Atlantic City, reports that money was solicited for the James A. Pressley Scholarship... 2009@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Business 2007-08-03T16:02:51-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_07.html Over a year ago, online investigative reporter Sandy Frost began digging into whistleblower’s allegations that executives of the Shriners Hospitals for Children used their positions of public trust for private gain. Frost researched thousands of pages of tax returns, meeting... 2003@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-07-26T15:53:18-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_07.html Tony Saavedra and Teri Sforza of The Orange County Register report on internal travel records showing that executives of the Boy Scouts ran up a tab of over $27,000 at a four-day conference in Key West, Fla. held last January.... 1977@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2007-07-06T11:40:43-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_07.html Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Time reports that much of Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger's travel is billed to "an obscure nonprofit group that can qualify its secret donors for full tax deductions." Not only do watchdogs claim these write-offs are... 1974@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Government (federal/state/local) 2007-07-05T11:11:42-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_03.html In a two-part series, Clark Kauffman of The Des Moines Register examined the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, the largest of 53 federally funded Quality Improvement Organizations. The newspaper found that the tax-exempt Iowa foundation, which investigates complaints of poor... 1878@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Health 2007-03-20T10:24:40-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_08.html Tim Darragh and Ann Wlazelek, of The Morning Call, report on the Lehigh Valley (PA) Hospital which posted a record surplus - $ 76 million - in 2005. "Such boomtown prosperity at a nonprofit institution is allowed under the tax... 1634@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2006-08-14T10:10:41-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_06.html Darren Barbee of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram analyzed state records and found the proceeds of bingo games were going to the people running the games instead of benefiting the charities they were supposed to help. "No bingo proceeds were reported... 1600@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Business 2006-06-21T10:19:00-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_03.html Reese Dunklin of The Dallas Morning News reports that "The low-income housing builders at the heart of the FBI's corruption investigation at City Hall created a nonprofit organization, stocked it with friends and political allies and used it to obtain... 1515@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Nonprofit 2006-03-29T09:54:46-06:00