Nancy Pulte Rickard was caught misusing charity funds to smear her own family members. Rickard is the President and Chairman of the Board at the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation. Rickard’s use of Foundation resources to tarnish her family members may not only be unethical, but illegal as well. Non-profit officers can end up charged in Federal court for self-dealing.
Nancy Pulte Rickard was caught misusing charity funds to smear her own family members. Rickard is the President and Chairman of the Board at the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation. Rickard’s use of Foundation resources to tarnish her family members may not only be unethical, but illegal as well. Non-profit officers can end up charged in Federal court for self-dealing.
In December 1992, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Nancy Pulte Rickard was selling “the Lord himself… in machine-washable polyester” for $29.95 plus $4 for shipping and handling. Frugal Christians were invited to purchase a “slightly irregular Jesus” for as low as $20. Rickard told the outlet she had sold “hundreds” of the dolls, and said there were customers in all 50 states.
For possible expansion, Rickard revealed she would “soon” sell a “black Jesus,” which she apparently created after receiving “a barrage of complaints” for “giving her Jesus a blue-eyed European likeness.” The outlet suggested Pulte Rickard was also considering offering an Asian version of Jesus, “if there’s enough demand.”
It seems as though working at a charity or being born into privilege to a wealthy real estate magnate doesn’t necessarily make you a good or real Christian.
Nancy Pulte Rickard is using her position as President and Chairman of the Board at the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation to smear members of her own family.
Pulte Rickard’s smears are not only immoral and unethical but may be illegal as well. The Pulte Family Charitable Foundation’s designation is that of a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Any 501c3 organization has a fiduciary duty to use funds in an appropriate manner. A criminal complaint was recently unsealed against a 501(c)3 officer that did not use appropriate care in managing the organization’s funds. Nancy Pulte Rickard may have run afoul of her 501(3) fiduciary responsibility by attacking family members related to the The Pulte Family Charitable Foundation’s founders, which is clearly not the stated purpose of the foundation.
Breitbart reporter Jordan Dixon-Hamilton publicly asked the foundation for comment on Nancy Pulte Rickard’s use of the foundation to attack her own family members. Dixon-Hamilton’s question was deleted.
The foundation also locked several Twitter posts to prevent comments and questions about Nancy Pulte Rickard’s potentially criminal behavior. Will Pulte Rickard end up disgraced and in jail? Reporters are asking questions.