Dear Muscular Dystrophy Association, This weekend will mark one year since your payments to the International Association of Fire Fighters were exposed. You’ve had a year to tell us why you gave the IAFF over $6 million while you cut funding for vital programs. That’s a year of ignoring pleas…

The Muscular Dystrophy Association finally released their eagerly-awaited 2020 990 tax forms. After their unreported payments to the International Association of Fire Fighters totaling more than $6 million, their $700k debt, and other mismanagement within the organization, I didn’t think I’d discover anything in this year’s 990 that would shock…

It’s been over seven months since news first broke of the shady deals between the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The IAFF’s LM-2 government filings indicated over $6 million in payments FROM MDA to the IAFF between 2016 and early 2020. Interestingly, these payments…

When I used to volunteer with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, February and March were my busiest months. I was tasked with going to local, regional, and even a few national business executives to talk about how MDA helped people — like me — who have neuromuscular diseases. After a pep…

This is the time of year when many nonprofits ask people to open their hearts, and wallets, and donate to a worthy cause. Most nonprofits will use those donations for good, to actually make a difference and help those in need. The Muscular Dystrophy Association is not one of them. …