RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — A nonprofit run by the wife of North Carolina gubernatorial candidate and current Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will soon close what it calls its “sole business.”
Balanced Nutrition, a nonprofit run by Yolanda Hill, told the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services that the organization will no longer work with the state government. Care food program for children and adults.
NCDHHS issued the following statement:
On April 2nd, we confirmed that we received a notice from Balanced Nutrition Co., Ltd. informing us that our contract as a sponsoring organization for child and adult care food programs will be terminated on April 30th. The department will work to ensure a smooth transition of the facility. Sponsored by an institution.
FOX8 requested further documentation from NCDHHS regarding the termination of the contract with Balanced Nutrition Inc.
Balanced Nutrition, Inc. describes itself on its website is a “private nonprofit organization dedicated to helping child care providers get the most out of the Child and Adult Feeding Program (CACFP).” The food program is our only business. Our staff members have over 20 years of experience working with CACFP and are fully qualified to serve healthcare providers and the children in their care. ”
The IRS reports that Balanced Nutrition, Inc. has not yet filed a 2023 tax return. Nonprofits report in 2022 It received $1,768,649 in grants and donations and $1,590,153 in expenses. He spent $172,796 on employee salaries, documents show. Of that amount, his $23,048 was paid to Hill and Robinson's son, Dayson Robinson, who worked part time for the organization. The nonprofit listed Hill and Cassandra Spinks as two other employees.
Balanced Nutrition, Inc. reports a steady increase in donations over the past five years. In 2018, when Mr. Robinson first came to the public eye, his donations, grants and contributions were reported to be $581,730. The following year, that number doubled to his $1,105,793 and has increased every year since.
ProPublica reports that Balanced Nutrition, Inc. Received $28,610 in PPP financing from the government in April 2020; That was allowed. They received an additional $28,312 in February 20201, a few months before Robinson Appeared on FOX News “Government benefits.” He also wrote in his 2022 memoir that he had struggled financially, but that it was “the ups and downs of a man determined to get by in the world without constant government 'charity work.' “It was,” he wrote.
a report from parliament The nearly $30,000 loan is consistent with Hill's reported salary increase from 2019 to 2020, it noted.