(The Center Square) — The founder of a government-funded nonprofit that patrols crime-ridden areas of Minneapolis had his salary nearly triple to $246,000, and the city program that pays his organization was found to lack proper financial oversight, an investigation by The Center Square found.
Muhammad Abdul-Ahad, chief executive officer of T.O.U.C.H. Outreach, defended his 2024 compensation — the most-recent year for which the nonprofit’s tax filings are publicly available — and told The Center Square he is underpaid for his important and sometimes dangerous work…