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Top Columbus Zoo and Aquarium executives have allowed relatives to live in houses owned or controlled by the zoo, and sought tickets for their family members to attend various entertainment events, a Dispatch investigation found.  For several years, President and CEO Tom Stalfs in-laws rented a home that had been donated to the zoo, and Chief Financial Officer Greg Bells daughter is a tenant of another home controlled by the zoo. The properties were never advertised for rent or offered ...

Attorney General Dave Yost’s Charitable Law Section found that Associated Community Services made nearly 56 million calls into Ohio from January 2016 to August 2020.

An organization based in Bowerston that trained service dogs for veterans has lost its nonprofit status and is the subject of several complaints filed with the Ohio Attorney Generals Office. In addition, the property that Dogs 4 Warriors occupied is delinquent in its real estate taxes. The IRS has a tax lien on the property. A court judgment against the agencys former director says she owes $33,616.70 to Carrollton woman for use of her credit card. Dogs for Warriors lost its tax-exempt statu...

An organization based in eastern Ohio that trained service dogs for veterans has lost its nonprofit status and is the subject of several complaints filed with the Ohio Attorney Generals Office. In addition, the Bowerston property in Harrison County that Dogs 4 Warriors occupied is delinquent in its real estate taxes. The IRS has a tax lien on the property. A court judgment against the agencys former director says she owes $33,616.70 to Carrollton woman for use of her credit card. Dogs for Wa...