Tax-Exempt-Abuse

ALEC Organizational Profile: Corporate Vote-Buying Mechanism Disguised as Legislative Council

1973-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Comprehensive organizational analysis exposes the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as a systematic state legislative capture mechanism operating under 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status while functioning as corporate lobbying operation. ALEC’s structure enables corporations to directly …

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Paul Weyrich Henry Hyde Lou Barnett Corporate members organizational-profile state-legislative-capture corporate-lobbying model-legislation closed-door-policy +2 more

Omaha Sun Exposes Boys Town's $209 Million Secret Fortune While Claiming Poverty in Fundraising Appeals

1972-03-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Omaha Sun publishes a bombshell investigation on March 30, 1972, revealing that Boys Town, the iconic Catholic charity founded by Father Edward Flanagan, is sitting on a $209 million endowment—making it richer than any Nebraska company and ranking approximately 230th in Fortune magazine’s …

Boys Town Warren Buffett Paul Williams Stanford Lipsey Omaha Sun Newspapers +1 more tax-exempt-abuse institutional-corruption nonprofit-fraud investigative-journalism financial-fraud