Summary
The charity, which seeks to award money to faith-based groups and other organizations that combat poverty and social ills like teen pregnancy, has a Web page loaded with photos of a smiling Santorum, posing with oversized checks and leaders of community groups. A review of federal tax returns filed by the foundation for 2001,2002, and 2003 shows that the charity spent just 35.9 percent of the nearly $1 million raised on its charitable grants, while spending 56.5 percent on expenses like salaries, fundraising commissions, travel, conference costs, and rent.
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EVER CONSCIOUS OF POLITICAL fashion, Rick Santorum wanted to demonstrate that he, too, was a "compassionate conservative" in 2000, when the Bush campaign popularized the phrase. Santorum helped sponsor the Good N...
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