BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Maryland awarded more than $6 million taxpayer dollars to a nonprofit that has not filed a record of its spending since 2022, raising concerns with transparency experts who say government officials need to explain if the organization is qualified for public funds.
The decision highlights a larger accountability gap in Maryland’s network of nonprofit partnerships, where state leaders continue awarding public money to groups that operate with little to no recent financial documentation. Taxpayers are being asked to trust organizations whose financial activity is not publicly verifiable – and state agencies have yet to explain how they vet these recipients.
An August decision by Gov. Wes Moore is raising new concerns. At the time, Moore was locked in a war of words with President Donald Trump about public safety. Moore publicly opposed Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C., as well as his threats to put boots on the ground in Baltimore. The governor put his political muscle behind a plan to award $6.1 million in taxpayer dollars to We Our Us, a nonprofit he said would use the funds to “engage justice-involved youth in Baltimore City.” We Our Us is part of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS)…