Feed the Children: Key Management Challenges in Its History
April 21, 2013 | Read Time: 2 minutes
1999
Feed the Children says its financial officer forged audits.
Feed the Children employees are accused of stealing donated goods.
Allen Jones, son of the founders, Larry and Frances Jones, reportedly defaults on nearly $1-million in business debt underwritten by Feed the Children.
May 2007
Charity buys a house in Burbank, Calif., for $1.2-million; Larri Sue Jones, daughter of the founders, lives there while in California.
January 2009
Five board members sue Feed the Children over what they claim was their unlawful ouster by Larry Jones, the group’s president, in an attempt to seize control of the charity. A judge reinstates the board.
May 2009
Allen Jones sues Larri Sue Jones and five charity trustees for defamation; case later thrown out.
October 2009
Two fired accountants sue Feed the Children; case later settled.
November 2009
The board ousts Larry Jones. He sues the charity over his dismissal.
December 2009
Feed the Children sues Larry Jones, alleging he lied about raises, sought kickbacks, hid pornography, wiretapped offices.
April 2010
Oklahoma attorney general announces investigation into Feed the Children.
June 2010
Feed the Children sues Allen Jones over allegations he stripped a charity warehouse of copper wiring, equipment, other materials.
July 2010
Larri Sue Jones is fired as senior vice president. She sues the charity over her dismissal.
December 2010
Cass Wheeler, a former chief executive of the American Heart Association, is appointed interim president.
January 2011
Frances Jones departs her job as executive vice president and secretary.
Oklahoma’s attorney general says Feed the Children is moving in the right direction and decides against putting it into receivership; announces criminal investigation into possible misuse of charity funds by former employees while Mr. Jones was in charge.
May 2011
Larry and Frances Jones sue David Green, a philanthropist and founder of Hobby Lobby, and members of his family saying they engineered Larry Jones’s dismissal; lawsuit later dropped.
June 2012
Kevin Hagan appointed chief executive of Feed the Children.
August 2012
Feed the Children settles last legal case related to Mr. Jones.
June 2013
Anticipated completion of Oklahoma attorney general’s criminal investigation into activities of former employees at Feed the Children during the Jones era.
