Nonprofit organization Teens With Dreams being disbanded after AG investigation

The nonprofit organization Teens With Dreams, which operated in Toledo and Columbus is being disbanded. Founder Darnell Robinson started the organization with the expressed purpose to keep teens busy and off the streets and also to do work free for seniors and help community fundraisers. But investigators from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Charitable Law Section found that most of the money collected went to Robinson’s own pocket. DeWine’s office also found that Teens With Dreams did not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, did not properly register with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and did not keep proper accounting of charitable funds.