State Auditor questions nonprofit oversight, spending of taxpayer dollars

“The state must stop handing taxpayer dollars to nonprofits with vague goals and then failing to monitor what these nonprofits do with it,” said Auditor Shad White.

State Auditor Shad White says oversight of nonprofits spending taxpayer money in Mississippi is ineffective.

In his second report this year looking at tax dollars flowing to nonprofits, White said Monday the government is wasting “so much money.”

“The state must stop handing taxpayer dollars to nonprofits with vague goals and then failing to monitor what these nonprofits do with it,” said Auditor White.

His first report on the issue came in May where the Auditor’s office called into question certain grants related to HIV/AIDS prevention by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). After the report’s release, MSDH s