Trinity Broadcasting Network

===Wealth and transparency===
TBN is a [[501(c)(3)]] non-profit company. Full disclosure of TBN's financial statements have been evaluated by [[Charity Navigator]], the largest evaluator of charities and non-profit companies in the U.S. TBN has received a three out of four star rating for four consecutive years, and in 2009 earned a rating of two out of four stars due to a 2% increase in administrative costs in 2009; the report also revealed that for the fiscal year ending December 2009, TBN president Paul Crouch, Sr. earned $419,500; co-vice president Jan Crouch earned $361,000; and co-vice president Paul Crouch, Jr. earned $214,137. TBN is currently under Donor Advisory status with Charity Navigator.<ref name="charitynavigator.org">{{cite news|title=charitynavigator.org|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4574|publisher=[[Charity Navigator]]}}</ref>

Another charity watchdog group, [[Ministry Watch]], gave TBN an "F" in 2011 for its failure to provide financial statements, lack of timeliness in responding to correspondence, and its lack of clarity in the provided information. As a result, TBN was placed on the group's alert list annually since 2009.<ref name=MinistryWatchTBN>{{cite web|title=Trinity Broadcasting Network|url=http://www.ministrywatch.com/profile/trinity-broadcasting-network.aspx|work=Ministry Watch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312220159/http://www.ministrywatch.com/profile/Trinity-Broadcasting-Network.aspx|archive-date=March 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=30 Donor Alerts of 2011 |url=http://www.ministrywatch.com/pdf/donoralert2011.pdf |work=Ministry Watch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306095206/http://ministrywatch.com/pdf/donoralert2011.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref>

TBN's annual financial information is monitored by the [[Chronicle of Philanthropy]], where it is ranked 243 out of the top 400 non-profit corporations in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity Broadcasting Network|url=http://philanthropy.com/premium/stats/philanthropy400/index.php?keyword=trinity+broadcasting&search=search|work=Philanthropy.com}} - dead link</ref> TBN is not a member of the [[Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability]].

In 2011, Paul Crouch, Jr. resigned from his position as co-vice president on TBN. On November 10 of that year, Crouch, Jr. joined [[The Word Network]] as its Director of Project Development.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Crouch Jr. Joins The Word Network|url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/November/Paul-Crouch-JrJoins-The-Word-Network|publisher=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]]|date=November 10, 2011}}</ref>

In February 2012, [[Brittany Koper]], TBN's former Director of Finance (and the daughter of Paul Crouch Jr.), filed a lawsuit against her former attorneys, Davert & Loe. The three counts of the complaint were for breach of fiduciary duties, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and professional negligence. In this lawsuit, Koper alleged that TBN unlawfully distributed over $50 million to the ministry's directors. Koper filed the suit following the termination of her employment with TBN. Davert & Loe, who also represented TBN, denied her claims. Koper's suit against Davert & Loe is pending; no official judicial ruling has been made in this matter.<ref name="KoperSuit">{{cite news|title=Family Battle Offers Look Inside Lavish TV Ministry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/us/tbn-fight-offers-glimpse-inside-lavish-tv-ministry.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share|author=Erik Eckholm|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Suit: TBN board diverted millions from 'charitable assets'|url=http://www.ocregister.com/taxdollars/strong-478558-koper-tbn.html|author=Teri Sforza|newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] (OC Watchdog)|date=February 9, 2013}}</ref> In a May 2012 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Koper claimed, "My job as finance director was to find ways to label extravagant personal spending as ministry expenses." Koper alleged that the network had herself and [[chauffeur]]s and [[sound engineer]]s ordained as ministers in order to avoid paying [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] taxes on their salaries.<ref name="KoperSuit"/>