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DC United Way Financial Officer Resigns

The chief financial officer for the embattled United Way of the National Capital Area, based in Washington D.C., resigned in March and is accusing the charity of inflating its fundraising numbers. According to published reports, Kim Tran says that CEO Charles Anderson asked her to include money from 2005 in fundraising numbers for 2004 so that the organization would appear financially healthy. The charity’s marketing and communications chief Anthony Owens has also resigned and supports Tran’s account, according to the Washington Post. In a letter to the Washington Post on May 22, the local United Way’s board chairman Ric Edelman said the accusations are “completely false… Read More