State checks 200 nonprofits - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper

State checks 200 nonprofits - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper: "State checks 200 nonprofits
By Deborah Adamson
Advertiser Staff Writer
The state attorney general is looking into potential abuses at more than 200 nonprofit organizations, with allegations ranging from paying executives excessively high salaries to spending nearly all the money collected on fund-raising costs.
92
Percentage of Hawai'i households who give to charity
$1,123
Average annual donations by Hawai'i households
5,000
Public charities and private foundations in the state
In the past, the state typically investigated only a handful of nonprofit cases a year. But the number of inquiries exploded after the state Legislature gave the attorney general expanded powers last year to ferret out and prosecute abuse."