Non-profit reform and Methodology

Mark Gilson (@markwgilson) is a local data nerd on X. Mostly, he has concentrated on getting out small details of ons-goings at school board meetings. He’ll post things from the agendas or video clips from the meetings, which busy parents don’t have time to attend,

The recent fraud explosion has opened up a new lane for his skills. In a post today, he describes how he filtered a search of the local non-profit public filings to locate ones with out-of-sync attributes.

Using this technique and his data skills, he found this doosey.

But instead of the methodology to sweep the public records, what about the mechanisms that attract people like Mark to take on this job? Indeed, it has to do with the recent stepping down of the Governor from his reelection campaign. It was an admission of a loss of confidence, perhaps even wrongdoing. But what would it take for an everyday citizen to get involved sooner? The hanky panky has been in play for about a decade. Investigative reporters are meant to take on this exposé-type work, but they didn’t. Could there have been other incentives to engage other members within the group to play the heretic? Or is a society doomed to fail magnificently before a complete shake-down and repordering occurs?