RFP Staff
♦ Have you been scammed by a non-profit? Here the RFP has collected the top websites and articles available to get the skinny on any non-profit out there.
The woods are bursting with unregistered non-profits (state and federal), bogus non-profit organizations that fork over miniscule amounts of their haul and pay their profit making directors and CEOs enormous gobs of money. Some non-profits purposely grab just enough money so they go under the radar of Charity Navigator the accepted watchdog of non-profits.
Where to go to check on a non-profit? Charity Navigator – http://www.charitynavigator.org/
Warning signs of financial fraud in non-profits – http://www.charitynavigator.org/
Beware of non-profit fraud – http://www.cbwealthadvisory.com/nonprofits.php
CNN investigative report on non-profit fraud – http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/us/worst-charities/
Non-profit Times – Red Flags – http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/red-flags-beware-the-fraud-triangle/
Billions in Theft from Charities NY Times – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/us/29fraud.html?scp=1&sq=strom+light&st=nyt&_r=0
How non-profits can make you a profit – http://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-money-nonprofit-organization-935.html
Make money with a non-profit – http://articles.bplans.com/earning-income-as-a-nonprofit-corporation/
Overpaid CEOs of Low Performing Non-profits – http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=8#.VdVzLflVgSU
Charity Navigator’s Watch List (naughtiness watch, that is) – http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.watchlist
The Ripoff Report – http://www.ripoffreport.com/c/26/community/nonprofit-organizations
Non-profit Myths (they are well-run money-making machines! not a myth!) – http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/10/24/10-myths-about-nonprofit-work
Well, at least some non-profits are good! – http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.results&overallrtg=4
