The manager of the 2020 campaign that launched the far-right politician Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress has been ordered to pay $25,000 for his role in a charity scam aimed at capitalizing on the East Palestine train crash.
Isaiah Wartman and his business partner Luke Mahoney must each pay $22,000 in restitution as well as $3,000 in investigative costs and fees as part of a settlement with the Ohio attorney general’s office, which prosecuted the case. Meanwhile, the settlement calls for a co-founder of the fake charity, Michael Peppel, to pay a $25,000 civil penalty and be banned from starting, running or soliciting for any charitable organization in the state.
Yep I heard it can get as low as 2% but been years since I looked into starting one could be different. Believe Oklahoma is 5%.
How work is you register your charity with the state once approved (can take up to 2 years) you setup a board and decide all your salary and administration cost ie: advertising, employees, office expenses etc. Then you start collecting. Minus all your cost rest you give to the actual charity. But legally only have to give a certain percentage. Rest you can keep. How come the breast cancer awareness raises millions but see how much Susan B Coleman actually give to research in breast cancer. Won’t be much.