Rick Singer promised high school teens, even if they did not have grades

Over time, the charity's revenues have increased. In 2013, his first year of recognition by the Internal Revenue Service, he collected $ 451,000 in "Gifts, Grants, Contributions and Contributions," according to tax documents. In 2016, the most recent year for which documents are available to the public, it cost $ 7 million. Singer, its president and chief executive, said in tax documents that he was not getting any salary.