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News this morning of a Federal Trade Commission civil fraud case against four “cancer” charities in Tennessee is a good time to highlight a wonderful investigative tool out there that we have been using for years.charity non profit investigation1.jpg

Based on the fact that they get tax exemptions, charities have to make their tax returns public. Tax