Nonprofit hospitals comprise a majority of the hospitals in the United States. These hospitals receive tax breaks and tax-free benefits at the expense of taxpayers, and in return, nonprofit hospitals are expected to provide charity care to help their communities. But the truth is most nonprofit hospitals do not provide enough charity care to receive...
Sen. Andy Wells, R-Catawba, wants know how much state taxpayer money agencies are spending for unintended purposes. During debate Thursday on House Bill 403, Wells joined other senators in criticizing the nearly $1 billion in reserve funds held by the seven state-designated Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations. The LME/MCOs administer regional services for mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and...
Charity and coercion are not the same. They are not brother and sister. They aren’t even distant cousins.
RALEIGH — The State Auditor’s Office has delivered to the General Assembly and the Easley administration a new report detailing grants to nonprofit organizations by state agencies last year. The annual report catalogues all grants made by state agencies to nonprofits such as Smart Start partnerships, economic development groups, and community service agencies. Legislators last year set a deadline of Jan. 31 for compiling the report as part of an effort to increase oversight of nonprofit agencies. Most of the nonprofits met the reporting requirements in time, but a few did not.
RALEIGH — A Wilson-area taxpayer group is calling for a review of a controversial city grant program that has distributed about $6 million in utility bill late fees to nonprofit cultural and social service groups during its 14-year history. Critics say the money should be used to fund key city services used by all residents, rather than narrowly focused organizations they believe should look for charitable gifts. Many local governments have been looking for new ways to support nonprofits, and the Wilson late fee is an example of trying to shelter expenditures from the normal budget process.
