The Hidden World of Nonprofits: Investigating Financial Reports and Power Structures
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The document discusses nonprofits and ways to obtain information about their finances through various public records and filings. It provides examples of analyzing 990 tax forms of several large nonprofits like USC, the LA Opera Company, and the Getty Museum to glean information about their revenues, expenses, highest paid employees, and potential conflicts of interest. The document also presents a case study of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, examining its finances, expansion, board members, and bond issuances.
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The Hidden World of Nonprofits: Investigating Financial Reports and Power Structures
- 1. The Hidden World of Nonprofits Ronald Campbell [email_address] Additional material: Gary Cohn
- 2. Ron is a staff writer for The Orange County Register where he pioneered the paper’s computer-assisted reporting program. He has investigated charities, penny stocks, immigration and the buying and selling of human body parts. Campbell RONALD
- 3. Gary is an investigative reporter and adjunct professor at USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism. He has reported for The Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers and magazines. Cohn Gary
- 4. Nonprofits are everywhere – in health care, education, culture, the economy – everywhere except the news . HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
- 7. Filing thresholds for 990 vs. 990-EZ 2008 2009 2010 Receipts $1 mill. $500k $200k Assets $2.5 mill. $1.25 mill. $500k THE MONEY TRAIL, CONT.
- 10. Lets look at some 990s: USC, the LA Opera Company, the Getty Museum and Orange County Performing Arts Center Case studies
- 11. The president or the football coach? At USC, who made more in 2009?
- 12. Could be retitled: Hey reporter! Come look at me – Transactions with interested parties
- 13. Case study: LA Opera Company Big piece of art
- 14. LA Opera Company: A $7 million deficit in 2009 Case study
- 15. The Getty: Perks and Pictures Big piece of art
- 16. It started with a lima bean field, became “an international shopping destination,” and then … CASE STUDY: ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
- 17. Performing Arts Center, opened August 1986
- 19. Concert hall, opened September 2006
- 20. Before the fall …
- 21. Big piece of art
- 22. OCPAC’s board members and donors represent the power structure of the nation’s fifth-largest county. They include the billionaire co-founder of Broadcom and owner of the Anaheim Ducks hockey team (right), a former ambassador to Spain, many millionaires and corporate executives, even a onetime aide to former President Nixon. Central Heavy hitters
- 24. Big piece of art
- 25. EMMA search
- 26. $240 million bond issue
- 27. Chapman University revenue, 2005-2009
- 28. One product of Chapman’s boom: a new library
- 29. 990 for 2010 still not available
- 30. Big piece of art
- 32. Nonprofits play a huge role in our society – yet have been under-reported by news organizations Review
- 33. ---- Great stories, Good jobs What covering nonprofits can do for you
- 34. Gary Cohn [email_address] QUESTIONS?