Audit reveals improper spending by Mississippi nonprofits: State Auditor

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - State Auditor Shad White (R-Miss.) announced a report showed taxpayer funds were spent on employee salaries, gift cards and gym memberships by nonprofit organizations that received government grants from the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS).

According to White, MSDH was charged with using taxpayer funds to decrease diet-related diseases among “disadvantaged Mississippians.” He said the agency paid more than $250,000 to My Brother's Keeper (MBK). Analysts at the State Auditor's Office found questionable expenditures from MBK, including: • The nonprofit underspent on providing services and overspent paying salaries to its own employees. In total, 55% of the subgrant paid for MBK employee salaries and ad