public money

RSG #344: How to Investigate Government Payments Made Through Intermediaries

Government money rarely travels in a straight line. Learn how to follow federal funds through contractors, nonprofit organizations, fiscal agents, consultants, subrecipients, and conveniently forgettable corporate entities. Public officials love announcing that an agency awarded ten million dollars to improve public safety, protect vulnerable families, or modernize something that worked perfectly well before a consultant …

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RSG #332: How To Trace Public Money Through Pass Through Nonprofits and Fiscal Sponsors

Public money rarely travels in a straight line. Congress funds an agency. The agency awards a state, city, university, or nonprofit. That recipient sends part of the award to another organization. A fiscal sponsor may then hold the money for a project that has no separate tax exemption, public filing, or obvious legal identity. By …

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