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http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=13132#.VcW9i_lVhB
charity Navigator has become aware of the following information in connection with this charity:
On May 19, 2015, "the Federal Trade Commission and 58 law enforcement partners from every state and the District of Columbia have charged four sham cancer charities and their operators with bilking more than $187 million from consumers." The press release the FTC published named the following in the federal court complaint: "Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS), their president, James Reynolds, Sr., and their chief financial officer and CSS's former president, Kyle Effler; Children's Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CCFOA) and its president and executive director, Rose Perkins; and The Breast Cancer Society Inc. (BCS) and its executive director and former president, James Reynolds II. CCFOA and Perkins, BCS, Reynolds II and Effler have agreed to settle the charges against them. Under the proposed settlement orders, Effler, Perkins and Reynolds II will be banned from fundraising, charity management, and oversight of charitable assets, and CCFOA and BCS will be dissolved. Litigation will continue against CFA, CSS and James Reynolds Sr." For more information, please see the Federal Trade Commission press release and the FTC complaint.
Breast Cancer Society, Inc. was previously included on the CN Watchlist when we became aware of the following information in connection with this charity:
On February 10, 2014, CNN reported that "documents obtained by CNN show that Charity Services International, a private South Carolina company, claimed to have shipped nearly $40 million in medicines and other donations on behalf of 15 small charities to Guatemala in 2010. Those same charities also reported sending another $10 million to Guatemala the next year. According to its tax filings, one of those American charities, The Breast Cancer Society of Mesa, Arizona, claimed to have shipped $22 million of donations by itself in 2010. But a joint investigation by CNN, the Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting could find no trace of even a fraction of those donations."
The article goes on to state that " Roy Tidwell, CEO of Charity Services International, declined to say what precisely comprised the millions of dollars of goods sent to Guatemala, citing confidentiality for his clients. But he said in an e-mail that all the donations were valued by the charities and not by his shipping office." And in response, Breast Cancer Society "spokeswoman Kristina Hixson said it was Charity Services International that provided all the valuations. Hixon also said Breast Cancer Society had 'amended' some of its IRS filings to eliminate $12 million worth of claimed donations to Guatemala. In addition, she said the Breast Cancer Society had given '$36 million of medicines and supplies to those in desperate need' to other Central American countries and to West African nations." For more information, please see the CNN Report.
The Breast Cancer Society provided the following response regarding this Watchlist: We report our activities in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the Internal Revenue Code (ITC). We also follow non-profit best practices and industry standards by strictly adhering to the Guidelines and Standards of ACCORD. We follow all the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service regarding pre- and post-contribution activity for all of our domestic and international goods and commodities disbursements. As we further explained to CNN, we have photographic and written documentation for all supplies that we claim. I have personally met (and have been photographed) with Chiefs of Medicine, doctors and oncologists at international facilities. We also explained, as did our vendor, that customs value is not related to the actual value of shipped items. It is our responsibility to assign fair market value to the actual goods being donated in accordance to accounting regulations and industry standards. Our vendor works with customs to assign the CIF value.
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