Veteran's Charity Sued for Harming Goodwill

Mass AG Sues Veteran Charity for Harming the Goodwill Due to Charities
Boston Business Journal
WRITTEN BY RUTH MCCAMBRIDGE
April 28, 2014

NPQ has written a good deal about charity scams that claim veterans or first responders as their beneficiaries. When any of these are exposed, as they must be, there’s an impact on confidence in nonprofits and the willingness to give. This is acknowledged in a suit filed against one such group soliciting in Massachusetts.

The Defendants’ activities…have harmed and continue to harm the goodwill of public charities and charitable giving in general.

The Defendants’ activities…have harmed and continue to harm the public interest in the good faith conduct of charitable solicitations, in the due application of funds given to public charities, and in the full compliance with statutory requirements.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office filed suit last Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court against the Rhode Island–based Veterans Community Foundation Inc., its CEO Kimberly S. Silva, and New England branch managers Matthew J. Desautel and Americo Renzi.
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