WOULD YOU EVER STEAL FROM A KID?

By Javier Palenque

April 18, 2023

Imagine a country where the nonprofit laws are so poor that for decades organizations take advantage of the tax designation and do little for the actual reason the nonprofit status was granted.

Now imagine that the organization promotes the mission on paper only and when one looks at the actual numbers in their financials, the declared mission is not the mission, but just a way to get the tax advantage and live off the “closed nonprofit”. There are hundreds of organizations that abuse the law, and the enforcement is simply not there by the government. This is the setup under which the USTA leadership operates, and rather than change the paradigm, they all remain quiet and continue to live off the welfare it provides them.

Everything described above is awful. Now let me ask you something else; which one of you would dare to steal from kids who are unaware that they are being stolen from? Think about it, from the organization’s view, who is doing the stealing, they pretend and make themselves believe that they are not-for-profit, they fund conflating campaigns that portray the false idea that they grow the game, the PR department falsely claims that all profits are invested in the game when they are invested in the show. Soon in this organization, where there is no leadership, everyone believes that they are doing a great job, helping kids, and growing the game when a simple check on the funding and asset allocation would tell you that none of it…