been drawn into the matching scheme. Meyer's research indicated that the Foundation was a scam, but Spring Arbor College successfully collected on its early investment. College officials told Meyer that he was going to endanger their ability to get matching grants if he kept asking so many questions. They went so far as to wave a check from New Era in Meyer's face before investing more money. Meyer however was sure he was right and alerted federal investigators and The Wall Street Journal that New Era had all the features of a pyramid scam. After New Era collapsed, the president of Spring Arbor College called Meyer to apologize. "You were right all along. We should have listened to you," he admitted. Partial list of investors Charities Per MinistryWatch, "the list of ministries involved with New Era... read like a Who’s Who of evangelical organizations." According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's complaint, prominent victimized charities (listed without dollar amounts) included the Boy Scouts of America, the Environmental Defense Fund, Haverford College, Harvard University, Princeton University, The Nature Conservancy, One to One Partnership Inc., Planned Parenthood, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Stanford University Medical School, the United Way and Yale Law School. Some of the organizations with known involvement amounts included (in alphabetical order): Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $2.7 million Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, $5.8 million CB International, Wheaton, Illinois, $4.6 million Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia, $5 million Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, $4 million Houghton College, Houghton, New York, $4 million John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, $4 million International Missions, Reading, Pennsylvania., $5 million International Teams, Prospects Heights, Illinois., $5 million King College, Bristol, Tennessee., $5 million Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, Michigan, $1.5 million United World Mission, $1.45 million University of Pennsylvania, $2.1 million Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, $4.6 million Donors George F. Bennett Jr., Boston, $3.3 million Peter Ochs, ( address unknown ), $3.2 million Buford Television Inc., Dallas, $3 million Henry F. Harris, Wyndmoor, Pa., $3 million Westwood Endowment, Indianapolis, $2.8 million (less than $280,000) Don Soderquist, Rogers, Ark., $2.8 million William Kanaga, Orleans, Mass., $2.4 million Henry W. Longacre, Souderton, Pa., $2 million Whitehead Foundation, New York, $2 million (about $1 million) Amelior Foundation, Morristown, N.J., $1.9 million References Other sources of information Lessons From New Era, Oct 1, 1998 Prudential Securities lawsuit announced United Methodist News Service March 31, 1997 United Methodist