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Nonprofit revenue totals surge amid growing scrutiny after major fraud cases

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Hundreds of billions of dollars flowed through U.S. nonprofit organizations in 2024, tax filing data show, as major fraud cases — including in Minnesota — put new focus on how taxpayer-backed funds are overseen.
The figures come from ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer and were independently reviewed by Fox News, which confirmed the state-by-state revenue totals.
According to the data, California’s 213,720 nonprofits reported a collective $593.4 billion in revenue, the highest total of any state.
For nonprofit organizations, revenue refers to total income reported on tax filings – not profit or money pocketed by individuals – and can include government grants and reimbursements, donations, service fees, investment income and contracts for public services.
COMER VOWS MINNESOTA FRAUD PROBE WILL EXPAND TO OTHER STATES AMID MOUNTING SCRUTINY
The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) headquarters building in Washington DC (Getty Images)
Following California was New York, where 132,097 nonprofits reported a collective $445.8 billion in revenue. Pennsylvania’s 85,346 nonprofits reported $247.3 billion, while Texas’ 157,840 nonprofits reported $219.6 billion.
Other notable states include Washington, where 44,332 nonprofits reported $139.5 billion in revenue; New Jersey, where 56,332 nonprofits reported $113 billion; and Minnesota, where 41,267 nonprofits reported $124.2 billion — placing the state among the top revenue totals nationwide despite its smaller population.
The figures circulated widely on social media on Monday after an X user highlighted the totals using the term «NGOs.» The «NGO» label is oftentimes applied to international organizations but is sometimes used online to describe domestic nonprofit groups, which are the focus of the ProPublica database.
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Nonprofit revenue figures are based on tax filings and include grants, donations and fees. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Although nonprofit revenue does not indicate wrongdoing, the heavy reliance on taxpayer-backed federal and state programs has drawn scrutiny as investigators uncover fraud in multiple publicly funded initiatives.
That scrutiny comes as the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced it is sending additional federal prosecutors to Minnesota to help crack down on large-scale fraud involving taxpayer-funded programs, following a series of high-profile cases tied to nonprofit organizations and social services spending.
«The Department of Justice is dispatching a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce our U.S. Attorney’s Office and put the perpetrators of this widespread fraud behind bars,» Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News on Wednesday, vowing «severe consequences» in Minnesota.
COMER SAYS WALZ ‘RETALIATED’ AGAINST WHISTLEBLOWERS WHO WARNED OF MINNESOTA FRAUD FOR YEARS

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department is ready to deploy prosecutors nationwide to combat fraud. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
She also said her department stands «ready to deploy to any other state where similar fraud schemes are robbing American taxpayers.»
Bondi’s remarks come as the DOJ continues a sweeping welfare fraud investigation that began under former Attorney General Merrick Garland.
In 2022, Garland announced the first wave of indictments in what he said was a $250 million scheme involving the Minnesota-based nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which authorities accused of exploiting taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs and described at the time as the largest pandemic-related fraud uncovered to date.
‘TIP OF THE ICEBERG’: SENATE REPUBLICANS PRESS GOV WALZ OVER MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL

The Feeding Our Future nonprofit was at the center of a sweeping federal fraud investigation in Minnesota. (Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Under Bondi, the DOJ has continued pursuing cases tied to Feeding Our Future, along with related investigations involving alleged juror bribery and health care fraud. Bondi has said the scope of the misconduct is larger than previously understood and warned that additional criminal charges are expected, bolstered by the deployment of more federal prosecutors to Minnesota.
To date, the department has charged 98 people in fraud-related cases in Minnesota and secured 64 convictions. The vast majority of defendants have been of Somali descent.
Health and Human Services said this month that it froze billions of dollars in federal funding for childcare programs and other social services in five Democrat-led states, including Minnesota, while it investigates their use of taxpayer dollars.
MINNESOTA AG BLASTS HOUSE HEARING ON FRAUD SCANDAL IN HIS STATE : ‘A LOT OF BULLS— FROM REPUBLICANS’
A viral video posted by YouTube creator Nick Shirley in December amplified the attention on fraud in Minnesota. In the video, Shirley is seen visiting Somali-run daycare centers and finding they were closed. The videos have attracted millions of views on social media.
Some of the daycare centers have since disputed the suggestions in Shirley’s video and said they have never committed fraud.
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ProPublica’s data reflect reported tax filings and does not allege wrongdoing.
Fox News Digital’s Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
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Le robó la identidad a su amiga para sacar un préstamo millonario, la asesinó y simuló un crimen sexual: el caso de «Angie» Molina

El cuerpo de una mujer fue encontrado en febrero de 2008 en un departamento alquilado en el barrio de Gracia, en Barcelona. La víctima estaba desnuda, recostada sobre un sillón, con una bolsa de plástico colocada en la cabeza y cinta adhesiva ajustada alrededor del cuello.
El lugar estaba ordenado y no presentaba signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado, una escena que desde el inicio llamó la atención de los investigadores por su aparente prolijidad y por los indicios de una muerte planificada.
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Con el avance de la investigación, la Justicia estableció que la víctima era Ana María Páez Capitán, una diseñadora de moda de 36 años, y que detrás del crimen no había un hecho casual ni un ataque impulsivo.
Poco después se descubrió que María Ángeles Molina, una de las mejores amigas de la mujer asesinada, planificó el homicidio durante días mientras llevaba a cabo una rutina común y sin levantar sospechas.
El macabro hallazgo y las primeras dudas
El 19 de febrero de 2008, una empleada de limpieza ingresó a un departamento que había ido alquilado por pocos días. En el living encontró el cuerpo de una mujer recostada sobre un sillón. En el piso había una peluca negra y un par de botas de caña alta.
El lugar estaba ordenado, no había signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado. Tampoco se encontraron documentos, billetera ni un celular que permitieran identificar rápidamente a la víctima. La Policía constató que la mujer llevaba varios días muerta.
Horas después, los investigadores constataron que se trataba de Ana Páez Capitán, a quien su familia estaba buscando desde hace días tras perder contacto con ella. Ana había dicho que la noche que desapareció iba a cenar con una amiga, María Ángeles Molina.
Angie junto a su marido. (Foto: La Tercera)
Molina declaró ante la Policía que el encuentro nunca se había concretado y aseguró que había viajado a Zaragoza para retirar las cenizas de su madre y que no sabía nada del paradero de Ana. Incluso asistió al funeral y acompañar a la familia, sin despertar sospechas en ese momento.
Sin embargo, los investigadores comenzaron a detectar inconsistencias. Por un lado, los familiares de Páez indicaron que ella no tenía en su entorno a nadie a quien pudiera considerar su “enemigo”.
A su vez, se descubrió que el alquiler del departamento había sido abonado con una tarjeta vinculada a la víctima, pero había movimientos bancarios posteriores a la fecha en la que Ana ya estaba desaparecida.
La autopsia determinó que la causa de muerte había sido asfixia. No hubo signos de abuso sexual ni de defensa, ni tampoco lesiones compatibles con una pelea. Para los forenses, la víctima habría sido atacada cuando se encontraba confiada o incapacitada para resistirse.
En un primer momento, se evaluó la posibilidad de una muerte accidental en un contexto sexual, pero esa hipótesis fue descartada rápidamente. De algo estaban seguros: el cuerpo había sido manipulado y la escena parecía preparada para desviar la investigación.
Una prueba clave y un asesinato planificado
El punto de quiebre de la causa llegó cuando los investigadores analizaron las cámaras de seguridad de una sucursal bancaria. El mismo día de la desaparición de Ana, una mujer había retirado dinero de su cuenta.
En las imágenes se veía claramente a una mujer con pelo negro realizando la operación. En cuanto el video fue mostrado a la pareja de Páez, la respuesta fue inmediata: no era Ana, era María Ángeles Molina usando una peluca.
A partir de ese momento, la investigación se concentró en ella y la Justicia ordenó un allanamiento en su casa. Allí, los efectivos encontraron documentación personal de la víctima, tarjetas bancarias, fotocopias relacionadas a sus finanzas y varias pelucas. De esta manera, se estableció la hipótesis de que María Ángeles, apodada como “Angie”, había suplantado la identidad de su amiga durante meses.

Angie Molina se convirtió en la principal sospechosa tras una prueba clave. (Foto: La Sexta)
Con esos datos, había solicitado créditos, realizado movimientos financieros y contratado seguros de vida a nombre de Páez por un monto cercano al millón de euros. Parte de ese dinero ya había sido cobrado antes del homicidio.
Para los investigadores, el móvil era económico ya que Molina necesitaba dinero y había construido una doble vida usando la identidad de su amiga.
Según la reconstrucción de los hechos, Angie citó a su amiga en el departamento con una excusa y la habría sedado con una sustancia que no pudo ser identificada. Luego, la asfixió con una bolsa de plástico y después construyó una escena del crimen.
Para reforzar la teoría de una “práctica sexual que salió mal”, Molina había contratado previamente a trabajadores sexuales, a quienes pagó para obtener muestras de semen que conservó en frascos. Luego las utilizó para contaminar el cuerpo de la víctima. La idea era que se creyera que Ana había participado de un trío sexual y que murió en ese contexto.
El juicio y la condena
María Ángeles Molina fue detenida en marzo de 2008, pocas semanas después del crimen, luego de que los investigadores reunieran pruebas que la ubicaban en el centro de la maniobra.
Al ser detenida, declaró por primera vez ante la Justicia y sostuvo que no tenía relación con la muerte de Ana María Páez. En su lugar, aseguró que ese día se encontraba en Zaragoza, donde había viajado para retirar las cenizas de su madre, según su versión.
Desde el inicio, afirmó que era víctima de una investigación injusta y negó de manera reiterada cualquier participación en el homicidio. María Ángeles Molina fue acusada de fingir la muerte de su amiga para quedarse con su fortuna. (Foto: El Mundo)
El juicio comenzó en marzo de 2012 y se llevó a cabo en la Audiencia de Barcelona, tras pasar casi cuatro años de prisión preventiva. Durante las audiencias, la fiscalía expuso un entramado de pruebas que incluyó registros bancarios, imágenes de cámaras de seguridad, documentos falsificados y testimonios clave que demostraron la suplantación de identidad de la víctima y la planificación del crimen.
Angie Molina declaró en su defensa, volvió a proclamarse inocente y afirmó que no tenía motivos económicos para matar a su amiga, aunque la acusación sostuvo que el objetivo era cobrar seguros de vida y créditos contratados a nombre de Ana.
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Finalmente, en 2012, la Audiencia de Barcelona la condenó a 22 años de prisión por el homicidio de Ana María Páez y por los delitos vinculados a la falsificación de documentos.
Sin embargo, el Tribunal Supremo revisó el fallo y redujo la pena a 18 años al considerar que no había quedado probado de forma absoluta que la víctima se encontrara completamente indefensa al momento del ataque, lo que llevó a recalificar el delito.
Molina fue trasladada a la cárcel de Mas d’Enric, ubicada en la provincia de Tarragona, donde continúa cumpliendo su condena, que está prevista que finalice en 2027.
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Conservative justice swipes at DOJ in trans sports case: ‘I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff’

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Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the Department of Justice on Tuesday about the potential nationwide consequences of a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban transgender athletes who identify as women from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.
Gorsuch grilled Principal Deputy Solicitor General Hashim Mooppan, who appeared on behalf of the government, during oral arguments about a case examining West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. Gorsuch asked Mooppan how a decision in favor of West Virginia’s law, which blocked biological boys from participating in girls’ sports, would jibe with Title IX and the Constitution’s equal protection clause.
Gorsuch used a hypothetical involving other academic programs to test how far sex-based distinctions could extend under Title IX, which bans sex-based discrimination in education.
SUPREME COURT WEIGHS STATES’ POWER TO SET SEX-BASED RULES IN SCHOOL SPORTS
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
«What about the hypothetical I posed earlier that, when it comes to high school performance, girls sure are a lot better than boys, and so we’re only going to have remedial classes for boys, and girls aren’t free to attend. … Let’s say I’ve got really good science,» Gorsuch said. «I mean, it’s all about the science, right? I got the science.»
Mooppan said that while men and women are typically equal under laws and the Constitution, «real, enduring obvious differences» mattered in sports. Mooppan sought to dismiss any «pseudoscience» Gorsuch was suggesting.
«With all respect, I don’t think there’s any science anywhere that is suggesting that these sort of intellectual differences are traceable to biological differences,» he said.
Gorsuch shot back: «With respect, I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff, and neither – I know I’m not, but I’m asking to deal with a hypothetical.»

A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Gorsuch continued to question how potentially allowing West Virginia to discriminate on the basis of sex was possible in sports but not in other areas of education.
«The statute says no discrimination on the basis of sex, and you’re saying, ‘yeah, it’s okay when they’re not similarly situated.’ And when you’re worried about locker rooms, great. I appreciate that, but I’m worried about that math remedial class or the chess club or whatever,» Gorsuch said.
Gorsuch was more confrontational with the states and the DOJ than the other Republican-appointed justices. At one point, however, he observed an increase in recent decades in women and girls participating in sports and grappled with the idea that transgender athletes competing with them could potentially «undermine» that progress.
Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, Gorsuch famously wrote the majority opinion in another case about gender identity, Bostock v. Clayton County. Gorsuch sided in that case with the liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts, resulting in a 6-3 decision that employees cannot be discriminated against based on sex, and that sex included sexual orientation and gender identity.
Gorsuch repeatedly raised that decision Tuesday, asking Mooppan at one point: «Bostock does not control here because – fill in the blank.»
WASHINGTON POST URGES SUPREME COURT TO ‘SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS’ AHEAD OF MAJOR TRANS ATHLETE CASE

A protester drapes themselves in a transgender pride flag outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
West Virginia attorneys argued in court papers that Bostock was irrelevant to their case because Bostock dealt with Title VII, which governs discrimination in the workplace, whereas Title IX deals with education, where «biological differences are critical to athletic fairness.» Sex was less relevant in the workplace than in education, they argued.
West Virginia v. B.P.J. centers on a 15-year-old transgender athlete who identifies as a girl and who argued the state’s ban violated both the Constitution and Title IX.
The case was one of two the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday about state laws that ban transgender athletes who identify as female from participating in sports exclusive to women or girls. The conservative justices largely appeared sympathetic to those laws, but it was not immediately clear where each of them would land on the issue.
A decision by the court, expected by early summer, could have far-reaching impacts.
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A ruling in favor of the states could not only uphold their bans and those in some two dozen other states but could also influence other transgender policy disputes, such as bathroom policies and sex designation on documents, including passports and driver’s licenses.
A ruling in favor of the transgender plaintiffs could serve to limit states’ ability to adopt similar bans and broaden interpretations of federal anti-discrimination laws.
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South Korean prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon over martial law declaration: ‘Self-coup’

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A South Korean court heard arguments Tuesday seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as prosecutors accused the ousted leader of orchestrating a rebellion through his controversial martial law declaration in December 2024.
Independent counsel Cho Eun-suk asked the Seoul Central District Court to impose the sentence, arguing that Yoon’s actions amounted to «anti-state activities» and describing the decree as a «self-coup.»
Yoon, a conservative who was removed from office last spring, remains in custody while facing multiple criminal proceedings tied to the martial law episode and other controversies from his presidency. Prosecutors say the rebellion charge carries the most severe potential punishment.
SOUTH KOREAN PROSECUTORS INDICT IMPEACHED PRESIDENT WHO DECLARED MARTIAL LAW
Then South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Cho’s team argued in court that Yoon sought to prolong his hold on power by undermining South Korea’s constitutional system of governance.
Yoon has rejected the accusations, telling the court that the investigations into his conduct have been «frenzied» and marked by «manipulation» and «distortion.»
He has maintained that the declaration of martial law was intended to alert the public to what he viewed as the growing threat posed by the opposition Democratic Party, which used its legislative majority to block his political agenda.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces eight trials over various criminal charges in connection with his controversial martial law decree and other scandals. (AP)
Yoon argued that the exercise of presidential emergency powers cannot be treated as rebellion under the law.
The court is expected to deliver a verdict next month. Legal experts have said a life sentence is more likely than execution, noting that South Korea has not carried out a death penalty since 1997.
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOUR MONTHS AFTER DECLARING MARTIAL LAW

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol criticized investigations on his rebellion charges, saying they have been «frenzied» and that they have involved «manipulation» and «distortion.» (AP)
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Yoon is the first South Korean president who has faced a potential death penalty after leaving office since Chun Doo-hwan was sentenced to death in 1996 for various crimes. Chun’s death sentence was later commuted to life in prison, and he was subsequently pardoned and freed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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