by Marjorie Beggs | Sep 7, 2012 | Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors
Judy Rogg is the founder of Erik’s Cause, a project she launched after her son Erik, a Santa Monica sixth-grader, died playing the choking game in 2010. Her goal is to educate parents, children and schools about the game’s dangers — the euphoria that accompanies...
by Marjorie Beggs | Sep 7, 2012 | Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors
Following are narratives of three charitable projects that found a fiscal sponsor, Help Is Here, from its profile then posted in Study Center’s directory. Now they claim to have lost thousands of dollars to the management shenanigans of Maggie Lane-Baker, CEO of HIH....
by Marjorie Beggs | Aug 2, 2012 | Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors
Maggie Lane-Baker, chief executive officer of Help Is Here, the Arizona fiscal sponsor accused of keeping: $300,000 from six of its current and former projects’ grants and donations, admits she has funds from five projects, but claims the money belongs to HIH because...
by Geoff Link | Jul 23, 2012 | Fiscal sponsorship, For Fiscal Sponsors
The following story of a rogue fiscal sponsor offers a rare opportunity to detail a fiscal sponsorship that truly did turn into a trap for the unwary. A fiscal sponsor in Arizona is accused by at least six of its previously 27 listed projects of accepting donations...