HOW SAD, BUT HOW COMMON – AT 10:12 A.M. ET:   We've all asked where the money for "charities" actually goes.  The answer is often quite murky.  From the Daily Beast: 

Shaun King is very good at raising money in support of black lives and—one of those lives might be his own.

King, one of the most visible faces of the Black Lives Matter movement and no stranger to controversy, is now beating back accusations that he has misappropriated or mismanaged charitable funds.

King collected millions of dollars for everyone from Haitian orphans to the families of black men and children killed by police across America. Some of that money went to survivors or victims’ families, but much of the largess either went into failed projects, King’s own pockets, or is unaccounted for.

“It’s just b--------,” King told The Daily Beast on Tuesday after allegations were lobbed against him by members of his own movement. “People need to understand that failure is not fraud.”

The former mega-church pastor-turned-citizen journalist has leveraged heavy doses of charisma into 218,000 Twitter followers and a column at the New York Daily News to chronicle instances of suspected injustices carried out by police in predominantly non-white communities. King counts a flurry of A-list celebrities and largely left-leaning politicians among his most ardent fans. They follow his Twitter timeline for the latest news—whether it’s a video of cop shooting an unarmed black boy or a school resource officer accused of brutalizing a teenager.

COMMENT:  It's important to read the entire thing.  Remember that these are charges.  There is no legal finding of guilt so far.

But these questions about charities arise time and again.  They're similar to the questions raised about government "social programs."  Where does the money go?  Who gets rich?  Who gets helped?  What kind of "research" underlies the claims?

We'll follow the story.

December 16,  2015