Trinity Foundation (Dallas)

==Televangelists==
Trinity Foundation's investigative work into the fundraising tactics of big-money televangelists first came to national attention in 1991 following a ''[[Primetime Live]]'' hidden-camera look at televangelist [[Robert Tilton]]. The foundation was instrumental in providing evidence for the many state and federal investigations of Tilton in the years that followed.<ref name=obit2021>{{cite web|last=Smietana|first=Bob|title=Ole Anthony, longtime critic of prosperity gospel televangelists and head of Trinity Foundation, dies at 82|website=Religion News Service|date=18 April 2021|url=https://religionnews.com/2021/04/18/ole-anthony-longtime-critic-investigate0televangelists-prosperity-gospel-robert-tilton-jan-paul-crouc-tbn-primie-time-dies-trinity-founation/|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

Other televangelists investigated by Trinity include [[Benny Hinn]], [[Jan Crouch|Jan]] and [[Paul Crouch]]<ref name=obit2021/> [[Kenneth Copeland]], [[Joyce Meyer]], [[Paula White]], [[Peter Popoff]], [[W.V. Grant]], and [[Edwin Barry Young]].{{cn|date=April 2022}} It has been a critic of the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]], and called for ministries of prominent tele-evangelists [[Billy Graham|Billy]] and [[Franklin Graham]], [[Charles Stanley]], [[Ron Luce]], and others to withdraw from the network.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Bobby Jr.|title=The Trouble with TBN|website=ChristianityToday.com|date=8 November 2012|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/november/trouble-with-tbn.html|access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

Regarding Benny Hinn, Trinity claimed to have evidence showing that his ministry does not qualify as a church under [[Internal Revenue Service]] guidelines, as reported by ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' in July 2005.  Specifically, Trinity claims that Hinn's ministry did not hold regular public worship services at its facility, as access is strictly limited to employees with access badges.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

===Senate Finance Committee investigation===
The foundation was directly involved in Sen. [[Charles Grassley]]'s [[Senate Finance Committee]] investigation of abuses by a number of televangelist ministries. Beginning in 2005, after being asked to help by the committee’s general counsel, the foundation submitted over the next six years 38 separate reports on abuses by religious not-for-profit organizations, which were incorporated into the committee’s final report.<ref name=grassley2013>{{cite web|title=Televangelist watchdog group questions ECFA response to Sen. Grassley investigation|website=Trinity Foundation|date=11 March 2013|url=https://trinityfi.org/televangelist-watchdog-group-questions-ecfa-response-to-sen-grassley-investigation/|access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

The foundation criticized  Grassley for turning to the [[Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability]] (ECFA) for suggested solutions instead of acting on tough legislative proposals from his staff for policing abuses by religious organizations. It said that the ECFA's recommendations were too lax and were compromised by close ties to the very ministries they were proposing to oversee.<ref name=grassley2013/>
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