During my DIY Democracy campaign for District 8 Supervisor, a key plank in my platform called for audits of all nonprofits receiving City dollars especially HIV groups and the AIDS programs of the Department of Public Health.
According to a story by Seth Hemmelgarn in the Bay Area Reporter, the City appropriated about $12 million for HIV services for the current fiscal year.
I asked the Controller's Office for info about when they last conducted audits of HIV programs and the last round of them for City-funded agencies was in 2007, and for groups receiving federal AIDS dollars it was back in 2008.
Six years is a long time to go without looking at the books of HIV nonprofits and there must be a push to have the Controller audit these groups again in 2015. Here's the reply from the Controller with links to the audits performed in the aughts:
"In response to your email inquiry, the Controller’s City Services Auditor (CSA) has completed the following reports related to HIV/AIDS nonprofit organizations and DPH grantees: Fiscal and Compliance Audits of DPH Contractors/Grantees:
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/reports/DPH_Baker%20Places.pdf
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/reports/DPH_FCMonitor.pdf
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/csa/audit/DPHSubrecipientReport(1).pdf
"Review of Single Audit Reports of Nonprofit Organizations Receiving Pass-Through, Federal Funds from DPH:
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/reports/DPH_A_133Monitor.pdf
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/csa/audit/DPH_SingleAuditMonitor.pdf
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/reports/DPH_SingleAuditMonitor%20.pdf
- http://www.sfcontroller.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/controller/csa/audit/DPH_%20SingleAudit.pdf