Almost since they started in the 1970s, the couple have been criticized for secrecy about their use of donations, which totaled $93 million in 2010.
B5 Unusual Use of Donations New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spent $15,000 of his campaign donations to hire lawyers to represent him in an investigation of a casino company that gave him a discounted Las Vegas hotel suite.
It said that the auditors found that many school administrators had a freewheeling attitude toward reimbursements of expenses and the use of donations and that there was "a nearly complete lack of internal controls".
During his Senate investigation of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Mr. McCain highlighted the risks of business interests' use of donations to nonprofit organizations as another way to gain access to a member of Congress.
In the late 20th century, strict regulations governed the source, amount, and use of donations to particular candidates (hard money), but few such laws applied to contributions for the general promotion of a political party's message (soft money).
Harrison was no Greg Mortenson, the disgraced education advocate whose use of donations for chartered jets (among other things) led to an investigation by the Montana attorney general as Mortenson's schools in Afghanistan foundered.
The PM said use of donations to cut tax bills must be curbed but the "right balance" could be struck.
Although its roots are in traditional philanthropy the Northeast Alabama Community Foundation seeded the project with a $300,000 grant Sarrell has forged a successful enterprise without the ongoing use of donations and volunteers.
Wyclef Jean became emotional toward the end of his press conference today, in response to criticism that his organization, Yele Haiti, hasn't been completely forthcoming about its use of donations.
The charity had only built six permanent homes in the entire country, the media organizations found, and its efforts were plagued by internal disorganization, lack of experience in Haiti, use of donations for its own expenses, and tensions with residents and government officials.
