Noah's Wish to pay over $4 million in settlement
Noah’s Wish, a charity formed to respond to the needs of animals affected by disasters, has agreed with the Attorney General to pay over $4 million into a fund for rescuing and caring for the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Attorney General has placed the money in a restricted fund with the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the foundation will be responsible for distributing the funds in accordance with the settlement agreement. For additional information, please contact the Greater New Orleans Foundation (www.gnof.org).
The settlement was reached after an investigation by the Attorney General concluded that much of the roughly $8 million in contributions received by Noah’s Wish in response to its solicitations after Hurricane Katrina had not been spent to help animals affected by the Katrina disaster. Under the settlement agreement, Noah’s Wish also agrees to increase its number of board members, provide governance training to its board, pay the Attorney General’s investigative fees and costs, and not to employ its founder and former president and board member, Terri Crisp, in any manner. Under the agreement, Crisp agrees that she will never again serve Noah’s Wish in any capacity and will not serve as an officer, director, or trustee of any charity for a period of five years.
