Governor Rick Snyder's controversial NERD Fund will be dissolved, according to the fund's president.
"We're shutting her down," Charlie Secchia, who heads up the non-profit, told WXYZ-TV's Ross Jones, whose reporting last year raised questions on the fund.
The non-profit's final meeting will be this week. He said a formal announcement is planned for tomorrow or Wednesday.
The NERD Fund came under scrutiny following a report last year by 7 Action News.
It was founded to “lessen the burdens of government” and promote the state’s “common good," but kept donors to a secret.
Until recently, those donors paid the salary of powerful Snyder aide Richard Baird and covered some of the living expenses of Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
The fund also paid for a new security system if Snyder's Ann Arbor home, as well a new furniture totaling $130,000.
