In a truly sickening use of donor money, Stan paid $4,300.00 for a custom built desk.  He could have spent $1,000.00 and bought a complete and beautiful office suite from Office Depot....but no...he had to spend thousands of dollars of donor money to have a custom desk built.  One donor to Stan Telchin Ministries, upon learning of this expenditure pondered; "How many missionaries could have been supported on the foreign field with the money used for this desk?"

Please scroll below to see the treasurer's comments regarding this transaction.

ON NEVER SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL FOR LARGE EXPENDITURES...

"He spent $4,300 for his desk. Not illegal, but excessive. Not only was it custom built, but was half empty, and some sections contained personal records.  In addition, he wanted to spend $2,200 for matching 'shelves' which I would not approve. He never asked the board for approval on large expenditures; he just made them.  At this time, he also spent $2,175 for office tile and over $3,000 for the Mac computer. Most well-run organizations require a second signature or board approval for large expenditures.  In addition, he disguised the expense for the desk by lumping it into a category called 'office furnishings' in his report to the board."

Treasurer and board member, from his report, November, 2002