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Owners of Several Twin Cities Restaurants Settle with Minnesota Attorney General to Dissolve Nonprofit
- Brian Ingram, a St. Paul chef, has decided to close his nonprofit Give Hope following accusations made in May 2024 by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison regarding misuse of charitable funds.
- The charity faced investigation after Ellison accused Ingram and his wife Sarah, the nonprofit’s president, of improperly using charitable money to compensate their commercial restaurants for goods the establishments had supposedly contributed.
- Give Hope operated for about a year without official recognition as a tax-exempt nonprofit under federal law, which limited the scope of activities it could legally perform and was linked to problems with financial oversight and the absence of a treasurer.
- A motion filed on May 23 in Ramsey County District Court formally dissolved the nonprofit; Ellison’s office does not plan further legal action but the Ingrams face civil penalties if they violate agreement terms.
- Ingram intends to replace the nonprofit with a private C-corporation intended for quicker charitable giving and stated, "This is our purpose, to give back to our community.
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St. Paul chef to shut down charity accused of mixing funds with restaurants
ST. PAUL — St. Paul chef Brian Ingram has agreed to shut down his charity after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison accused him of using charitable funds to reimburse his for-profit restaurants. Ingram, who owns Hope Breakfast Bar locations across the Twin Cities metro and the Gnome Craft Pub in St. Paul and is set to close his St. Paul restaurant Apostle Supper Club, had used the nonprofit, Give Hope, as a vehicle to donate proceeds from h…
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