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No money goes to individuals. The major recipient is the new Billy Graham Center in Illinois, which will house the graduate school at Wheaton College (Graham's alma mater), an evangelism library and Graham archives. The fund gave the Graham Center $7.7 million last year, and will eventually provide most of its $15.5 million cost. The B.G.E.A. has been transferring some of its proceeds to the Dallas fund, but refuses to reveal how much.
However, Wilson sees nothing wrong with that practice as long as the contributions the fund receives are not designated by the givers for a specific purpose.
Wilson makes it clear that he is not overjoyed about the new openness. He thinks his organization is under scrutiny mainly because "it is the mood of the day. The critics started in on Washington and the presidency, then Congress and then the FBI. The more visible an organization becomes, the more open it is to criticism." -
* Currently $39.500.