A watchdog report by Ellen Gabler of The Chicago Tribune revealed that Christine M.J. Oliver, the president of the nonprofit Chicago Dwellings Association, was paid about $685,00 in 2008. Experts say this amount was nearly three times what other executives were paid at housing nonprofits in the area.
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Review finds housing nonprofit misspent nearly $2 million
January 4th, 2010 
Beth A Tacoma, WA affordable housing nonprofit misspent nearly $2 million in state funds meant to build a lavish business center in central Tacoma, an accountant’s review for the state’s commerce department has found.
Loopholes lead to large salaries for charity CEOs
December 21st, 2009 Beth A Charlotte (N.C.) Observer investigation showed how loopholes and understaffed regulators allow charities to pay almost any salary to their executives.
Paid fundraisers come at great cost to nonprofits
November 9th, 2009 Beth An investigation by Tim Darragh of The Morning Call (Allentown, Penn.) shows that the majority of money raised by paid fundraisers hired by Pennsylvaina nonprofits went to the fundraisers, not the charities. “Of the 2,716 campaigns using professional fundraisers reported to the state since 2002, fundraiser costs exceeded the amount left for the nonprofit nearly [...]
Nonprofit a source of ready money for city officials
October 26th, 2009 Beth Nonprofit CEO waived some pay after compensation criticized
October 12th, 2009 Beth A recent investigation by The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer into Franklin Graham’s soaring compensation prompted the evangelist to give up much of his pay at the two Christian charities he leads.
Housing association under scrutiny after newpaper exposes problems
September 28th, 2009 Beth Lewis Kamb of The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash) writes that Washington state commerce officials have launched an investigation of the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association.
Director’s pay increased as layoffs and losses mounted
September 14th, 2009 Beth Even as the biggest non-profit affordable housing agency in Tacoma, Wash. spiraled deeper into debt, forcing more than a dozen layoffs and property foreclosures, its executive director continued to be paid in full. In the latest development of his ongoing coverage into the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association’s meltdown, The News Tribune’s Lewis Kamb details the rapid rise in the director’s pay over the years against the backdrop of an out-of-touch board of directors.
Nepotism bogged down struggling Tacoma housing agency
September 10th, 2009 Beth Lewis Kamb of The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) used IRS 990 forms, non-profit records and meeting minutes, and interviews to piece together the developing story about financial mismanagement at Tacoma’s largest private non-profit affordable housing agency. This story is the latest installment in a series about nepotism in hiring practices involving Washington state’s former Speaker of the House.
Questions remain about Wisconsin’s proposed high-speed train
July 22nd, 2009 Beth An investigation by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students found gaps in one of the state’s biggest proposed stimulus projects: a half-a-billion-dollar high-speed passenger rail line between Madison and Milwaukee.
