Government & Politics  October 25, 2021

Boulder nonprofit returns grant funds to settle DOJ investigation

BOULDER — A Boulder-based nonprofit weather research organization has repaid more than $2.4 million to three federal agencies, grant money that the Department of Justice said was improperly drawn down for expenses not yet incurred.

The nonprofit, the Center for Severe Weather Research, said through its president that the company was found to have inadequate accounting controls. While the grant money was drawn down from federal agencies, it had not been spent.

“We’ve been receiving grants since 2004. We had annual audits. We thought we were following what we needed to do, and we happily returned unspent money, and we returned a…

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Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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