BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Maryland nonprofit that has received more than $60 million taxpayer dollars since 2022 stated it has yet to complete a required audit of its services, sparking concerns from some accounting experts, according to a Spotlight on Maryland investigation.
Federal regulations require that the Connections Thru Life (CTL) nonprofit, which is based in Owings Mills, undergo an audit of how it manages $61.4 million federal taxpayer dollars it received through the Ryan White HIV program. However, CTL stated on its past three nonprofit tax forms from 2022, 2023 and 2024 that “no audit has been completed” to fulfill the requirement. The organization also states on the three consecutive tax forms that it has not undergone an independent audit of its financial statements, meaning the tax forms have not been verified by a third party.
The lack of oversight furthers transparency concerns about Maryland’s network of taxpayer-funded nonprofits. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent the more than $60 million taxpayer funds for the Ryan White program to the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD), which chose CTL to take over the fiscal agent duties of the program in 2022, just months after the nonprofit was formed…