LGBTQ+ Nonprofit, Beset by Scandal, Should Be Dismantled: Report
Casa Ruby, the Washington, D.C., LGBTQ+ organization beset by a variety of financial troubles, should be dissolved, and there is also evidence of “potential criminal misconduct” there, says a report from the foundation appointed to be its receiver.The nonprofit had provided housing and social services to D.C.’s most vulnerable LGBTQ+ residents — youth, transgender people, people of color, and others — since its founding in 2012.
However, last year it lost a city grant due to mismanagement of funds. Staff went unpaid and clients unserved, and its founder and executive director, Ruby Corado, has apparently left the country.
The group shut down in July.A D.C. Superior Court judge named the Wanda Alston Foundation receiver for Casa Ruby on the recommendation of the district’s attorney general, Karl Racine.
The foundation submitted its first interim report to the court Tuesday, saying, “Casa Ruby should be dissolved in an orderly manner pursuant to D.C.
