My Nonprofit Reviews

Having attended all meetings of the San Francisco Public Library Commission, I have seen nothing which qualifies as effective oversite. The "Freinds" come in with PowerPoint presentations which show nothing that would rise to any acceptable level under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). They show amounts raised over a specific time period and then show amounts provided to the SFPL for an entirely different period of time. I have taken the City Librarian to the local open government oversite body, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (SOTF). The found the City Librarian in violation of the Sunshine Ordinance for denying access to public records regarding the donations received from the Friends. The Friends recently lauded their contribution to the Branch Library Improvment Program (BLIP). The sums so far this year went from $1.4 million, to $4.2 million, and then to over $8 million without any supporting documentation. I have to wonder if ANYONE is actually overseeing this organization. I know the members of the public who try are consistently blocked from doing so.

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