SC AG’s office reviewing Hilton Head nonprofit

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina attorney general’s office is reviewing a Hilton Head Island nonprofit that ceased operations New Year’s Eve.

The Beaufort Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/zduTJP ) that the office of the state’s chief prosecutor has asked the former leader of Strive to Excel for financial and governing information. The nonprofit mentoring group at Hilton Head Island High School shuttered Dec. 31.

Board secretary Tom Gardo says the board will file an overdue federal tax return for 2010 and a return for 2011 before legally dissolving.

The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette reported in August that the group’s board of directors hadn’t regularly met in years, and its president’s pay increased by about $41,000 in a single year without approval.

Gardo said Friday he did not know about any inquiry.

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Information from: The Beaufort Gazette, http://www.beaufortgazette.com