Critics have long complained that the charity's finances are not transparent. A spokesman interviewed by NPR couldn't answer questions about whether that has changed.

NPR is taking steps to deal with its generational programming crisis, announcing that Car Talk will be moved off the lot in September 2017, five years after the show ended new production, and three years after co-host Tom Magliozzi passed away.

A congressional inquiry finds that the American Red Cross stonewalled lawmakers as they sought to understand the charity's finances, and that it sent significantly less money to Haiti than claimed.

The non-profit has spent millions a year on travel, dinners, hotels and conferences that often seemed more lavish than appropriate, more than four dozen current and former employees said in interviews. Former workers recounted buying business-class seats and regularly jetting around the country for minor meetings, or staying in $500-per-night hotel rooms.

WHEN GAIL MCGOVERN WAS PICKED to head the American Red Cross in 2008, the organization was reeling. Her predecessor had been fired after impregnating a subordinate. The charity was running an annual deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars.

A friend was recently raising money for supporting a couple that was in financial trouble using bonfirefunds. This may be a good way for younger non-profits to start a social campaign and raise some funds. The website itself seems to be run by a for profit organization, but they claim to donate a percentage of their profits to causes that fit into these three categories: organizations that support children with special needs and cancer, grassroots community organizations and organizations that s

The Antelope Butte Foundation, a group formed specifically for this project in 2010, bought Antelope Butte Ski and Recreation Area for $275,000. Located 59 miles away from Sheridan, Wyoming, the ski area boasts 250 acres of skiable terrain and 1,000 vertical feet. Read more at http://www.powder.com/stories/news/wyoming-non-profit-purchases-ski-area/#Osb6e7LaMhhR8Cm1.99

I am not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, its sad that he charged this much to raise money for a charity. On the other hand, there was a dip from $2.4 million to $1 million, in funds raised by the charity, when he did not speak.