Hoodwinked By a Fist Full of Dollars -- The Runaway Train of Non-Profits in Indian Country
A billionaire's fortune from the most polluting industries in the U.S. -- aluminum manufacturing and oil drilling -- now quietly funds non-profits in Indian country. This means big money in a few pockets for salaries, homes, and lavish expense accounts.By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 31, 2024
While searching for a non-profit's info, we stumbled across this foundation. It funds many in Indian country, and here's where its money comes from.
The money comes from the man who "commandeered the use of an entire element of earth -- aluminum -- through his control of the monopoly aluminum producer Alcoa," according to "The Rise and Fall of Andew Mellon."Today, the Andrew T. Mellon Foundation shows $7.5 billion. It gives out grant funding for Arizona university projects, Native projects across the U.S. and many more. Most grants range from $500,000 to $90 million.
1. Selling Ceremonies -- Some are selling ceremonies in other countries, performing ceremonies which people must pay to attend.
2. Non-Indian Exploiters -- Non-Indians in the U.S. are using cultural ways such as traditional foods and ancient seeds without permission, and making a profit.
3. Secretive Grant Writing -- Grant writers use peoples names and causes without their permission, and conceal the grants, which are often hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars.
4. A Quarter of a Billion Dollars Stashed -- Millions are stashed in the non-profit's salaries, bank accounts, real estate, and stock investments -- and never distributed to the people the funds were donated for. There's a quarter of billion dollars stashed in a handful of non-profits in Indian country.
5. Used Clothes and Expired Food -- While receiving millions, some non-profits are distributing used clothing and expired donated foods, especially in South Dakota.
6. Huge CEO Salaries -- The salaries of executives are most often $100,000 to $300,000. At non-profit hospitals, the salaries soar up to $1.2 million in Indian country.
7. Attorneys Missing in Action -- Attorneys at non-profits in Indian country receive millions of dollars of funding. However, the majority are not responding to the widespread need for attorneys in the most important cases to defend Native human rights and protect sacred places.
8. The Takeovers: Hostile Takeovers -- Some non-profits are receiving funding because of their longstanding good reputation. However, the funders appear to be unaware that the non-profits have been taken over in fraudulent schemes by CEOs or board members. The executives do this by first taking over the funds, and then oppress, bully and threaten while forming their own boards. The traditional founding Native elders are usually the first to be thrown out.
9. Non-profits Ignore Reports of Fraud -- Even when the fraud is reported to funders, it is usually ignored and denied. This big-money making racket uses those who are in need and victims and their families. The industry profiteers from those who actually live on the land and keep the traditions alive and those on the frontlines of struggle.
10. United Nations Profiteers and Plagiarizers -- The non-profit racket includes non-profits involved in Indigenous forums at the United Nations. It includes college professors who plagiarize grassroots Native People for U.N. reports and books, and non-profits who use victims and their families for lucrative grants.
11. Tribal Governments are Protected from Abuse Reports at U.N. -- Non-profits making reports to the U.N. have forbidden tribal members from naming their tribal governments in their testimonies about human rights abuses, such as the militarization of the southern border. The testimony forbidden described how their tribal government is allowing the U.S. Border Patrol on their sovereign lands. They said the U.S. Border Patrol is now an "occupying army." The non-profits who have entered into agreements with the tribal governments are compromised.
12. The Spin-off Non-Profits -- There's also another scam. The non-profit creates spin-off non-profits, which the public is unaware of. In these piggy-back non-profits, the CEOs give personal loans to themselves, and give money to family members. Real estate is often placed in a business, under the same CEOs name, where it can be sold. In fact, some non-profits have a string of non-profits and commercial businesses which are difficult to detect.
Huge salaries, with money flowing to children and family members
The non-profit tax record shows the amount paid to board members. However, the staff salaries are only shown as a lump sum.
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