AUDITS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS: RECORD KEEPING IRREGULARITIES
1. A President, CEO, Treasurer or CFO must not serve on an audit committee
a) It is doubtful that routine audits have been performed. 2.
Suspected self-dealing transactions a) Were
excessive expenditures authorized, ratified or approved by the
board? 1) Corporations Code
section 5235 and Government Code section 12586(g) b)
Are verifications available in meeting
minutes? 1) Director
assigned substantial portions of non-profit income to herself as charges
for rent (of computer space in a tiny
apartment) 2) Director using
non-profit computer for personal use. 3. Availability of quarterly or yearly
financial statements a) Are financial statements expected
on request in lieu of Form
990? 1) Nothing provided
upon written request. b) Statement listed on
Guidestar.org stated: “Humantics Foundation makes its audited financial
statements available to the public upon
request”. 2)
Subsequent to sending a written request, the above statement
disappeared from Guidestar.org 4. Only available 990s for 97, 98,
99 a) The first three years of non-profit indicate a
steady progression of
income 1) The
assumption of a foundation advertising it is reaching thousands and thousands
and growing, is that the income would continued to steadily
grow. b) No Form 990’s were filed after
1999. 1) No
public accountability since 1999, claiming income under
$25,000 5. Book sales
a) Are there records accounting for $10 each in book
sales? 1) Breast
Implants: The Myths, The Facts, The
Women
See (
http://www.ilena-rosenthal.com/fundraising.html) 6.
Misappropriation of donations? a) Donation sent
and Director publicly stated she was going to a movie with
it.
See ( http://www.ilena-rosenthal.com/fundraising.html)
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