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TONY GWYNN'S FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF MISUSING FUNDS

          The TONY AND ALICIA GWYNN FOUNDATION has kept     "incomplete records and been accused of misusing the     foundation's funds," according to Washburn & Hasemyer of the     SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, who noted that the foundation was     started in '94.  Washburn & Hasemyer wrote that the     foundation "has failed" to register as a charity in CA and     has "been accused of asking" an employee to solicit     donations while it wasn't registered, a technical violation     of the law.  Also, money in the charity's account has been     written off under circumstances the foundation "can't     explain."  In '98, the foundation turned in a blank tax form     to the IRS that listed no revenues or expenses and net     assets of "only" $856.  Washburn & Hasemyer added that "of     the funds accounted for" from '95 to '99, 38% went to     charities and the other 62% went to expenses such as     professional fundraisers, sales commissions, a golf course     rental and entertainment.  No one associated with the     foundation, including the Gwynns, would answer reporters'     questions about its giving ratio or record-keeping.  MA-     based Giving Back Fund President MARC POLLICK, on the     foundation: "There is something wrong.  That foundation is     being managed badly" (S.D. UNION-TRIBUNE, 12/13). 

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