A California youth nonprofit that has raised some $6.9 million since 2011 with the help of celebrities and major-league sports teams has paid 83 percent of the money to professional fundraisers, the Los Angeles Post-Examiner writes. California Police Youth Charities paid $5.7 million to two for-profit solicitation firms while earmarking less than 1 percent of its revenue for programs supporting at-risk youths, according to tax filings.
The charity advertises affiliations with the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, Sacramento Kings, and Oakland Athletics and lists singer Eddie Money, 2001 Playboy Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick, and several retired athletes on its board of celebrity advisers. It was named in a 2009 state lawsuit that grew out of a crackdown on fundraising practices.
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