The previous administrators of three Southwest Washington nonprofits have been ordered to pay greater than $1.4 million in restitution, following a lawsuit filed by Legal professional Common Bob Ferguson that alleged the misuse of charitable funds.
The workplace’s investigation revealed that Noble and different relations misused charitable funds to purchase a home, two automobiles and pay their very own dwelling bills.
Ophelia Noble and Douglas Noble first opened the Noble Basis in 2012 to serve communities of shade in Vancouver, Kelso and Longview.
Through the pandemic, Ophelia Noble opened Our Place Multicultural Middle and Southwest Washington Communities United for Change.
The three charities took in additional than $1.5 million in funding from philanthropic organizations, together with the Northwest Well being Basis, Social Justice Fund Northwest, the Satterberg Basis, the Group Basis for Southwest Washington, Group Well being/Inatai Basis and the Seattle Basis, based on the legal professional normal’s workplace.
The choose’s order requires Ophelia Noble and the opposite administrators — Douglas Noble, Alice Prejean (Ophelia Noble’s mom), Joann Hampton and Alyce Noble (Ophelia Noble’s daughter) — to collectively pay $25,000 for the misuse of the funds.
Ophelia Noble can be banned for all times from working or managing a charity in Washington. The opposite administrators are banned from managing a charity in Washington for the following 10 years.