FoundationResearch Inc. & Company FundsInc. This company is scamming allBusiness Owners to pay them BIG AMOUT OF MONEY to help them get a BusinessGrant!!!
Company Funds Inc. Grant Rip Off Robbed me & my companyof $7,000 for a supposed grant! Was told I 'Qualified' for many foundations. Company Funds, Inc3087 East Warm Springs RdLas Vegas, Nevada United StatesPhone: (877) 943-8637companyfunds. ComCompany Funds Inc. Grant Rip Off Robbed me & my companyof $7,000 for a supposed grant! Was told I 'Qualified' for many foundations. Not one application went out. Straight out ROBBERY! NevadaI got a phone call from Company Funds sayingCongratulations you are eligible for a grant from Company Funds. These callsstarted on the 1st of March. 2009 and we were harassed by Company Funds untilwe decided to use them to help us get a business grant. Roger Kinsey told us wewere eligible for $218,000.00 but we would have to fax him a copy of our blankcheck attached to a copy of their contract. All of this was done on April 10. Wewere still skeptical so he gave us a number for the Nevada Consumer AffairsDivision which was a wrong number. We were contacted again at Company Funds by Teto Guy sayingCongratulations we were fixing to be funded by Company Funds and a Dr. LawrenceNickleson would be contacting us in one hour to explain the next process. Dr. Nickleson called within the hour as promised and told us to continue, we wouldneed to come up with another $4,000 to be funded within 15 to 30 days. He saidwe would be funded $226,000.00. I borrowed the money so we could be funded in15 to 30 days. Once they got the money all communication stopped. We neverheard from them unless we called. When we called they would give us therunaround or put us on hold and never get back with us. It was always one lieafter another when we did talk to somebody.
I looked up their Business Licenseto see who own Company Funds. I found two names on their Business License andthey are Kennethr Renard Tobin 2 and the other person name is Patricia Hartley. After I got the names of the owners of Company Funds, Inc. I called the nextday to talk with Mr. Tobin and the lady who answers the phone said he was not inthe office. I ask her to let me talk with Patricia Hartly. I talk with PatHartly in May and when I talk with her about my Grant Pat would tell mestory just to get me off the phone.
At that time California hadsome fires in that State. Pat told me that the reason I would not get my Grantis because all the Foundations was helping with the California Fires and theystop giving out any funds to any Business owner at that time. My mom and I kepton calling Pat every day until at the end of May and that was the last time Italk with Patricia Hartley.
Here it is July 31 andwe havent been funded yet. We should have been funded on the 23rd of May thatwas exactly 30 days from April 23. We have given them this long and stillhavent heard a word from them. We want our money back and no one will talk tous. A man named Ronnie in customer service told me there was noway we were getting funded in 30 days. He told me that they are trying toexpedite our file and we would have to wait just like everyone else. I wascalling every day or every other day to find out who owns that company. Icalled one Friday and got Ronnie and he told me he would have to check histapes and get back with me on Monday. I still havent heard from him in regardto what was on the tapes as all of my conversations have been recorded, according to him. Usually when a company records your conversation they let youknow up front. This company didnt. They have written letters to 15 foundations on our behalfasking them to help fund us. This is the 3rd phase in the funding process. These letters were dated June11. They are not the foundations theye-mailed us in Phase 2, but different ones. It is July 31 andwe still havent heard from Company Funds. They have our money and have droppedus like a hot potato. They have stolen $6,995.00 of my money and I want mymoney back. They have lied to me and I want my money back. This company cantbe trusted. They tried to take money a third time from me. I had to close mybusiness because of this company. They made promises and never kept one.
They have left us holding the bag. Now i want my $6,995.00back plus all theh*ll they caused me over the months they have had my money. Im tired of makingcalls to a company and not getting any ACTION. This company needs to be shutdown as soon as possible. This is a company who will scam you and take whatlittle business capital you have left, thats what they did me. I dontnormally talk negative about companies because I dont want to be talked about. But when it comes down to the nitty-gritty and youve been done what Ive beendone, youll do whatever it takes to get your money back. Ive worked hard forwhat Ive gotten and I dont like it when someone steals from me.
Thanks, Melanie * & Margaret *Any Company can give me a call & I will tell you theTRUTH aboutThis RIP OFF COMPANY FUNDS, INCMY CELL: PS: I just found out that with all the complaints thatCompany Funds, Inc has on them on the internet. They are changing theirbusiness name to Foundation Research Inc. If a company contacts you about agrant and they are in the State of Nevada. Donot give any money up front to any company in Nevada whoare telling you that they can get you a Grant. Since I had this article up Ihad about over 500 Business owners that called me and I told them my truestory. I had some of the people tell me what Company Funds, Inc wassaying about me having a Felony on my record. I want every one to know (I DONOT HAVE A FELONY ON MY RECORD). This Company Funds, Inc will tell you a liejust to get your money. I opened my Business on May 3 andI had to close my Mortgage Company down because I gave Company Funds, Inc all Ihad to get a Business Grant. I wish I had never given this company any moneybut I did. It has been a year and I still have not heard from Company Funds, Inc to tell me they have my Grant. I got a phone call from a guy who used to work for CompanyFunds, Inc. This guy calls me about a month ago and told me that Company Funds, Inc has changed their Business name to Foundation Research.inc. PatriciaHartley is the President and owner of this Company. After this guy called me totell me about the name changing I stopped getting phone calls about CompanyFunds, Inc. Now I get calls from Business owners who paid Company Funds, Incmoney and how can they get their money back. All I can tell you to do is write down everything thatCompany Funds, Inc told you from start to finish. Put in what you write how muchyou gave Company Funds, Inc to help you get a Grant. When you are finishedplease put it on this web site (http://www.ftc. Gov/idtheft). We need to put these people (OUT OF BUSINESS). I did talkwith some business owners that gave money to Company Funds, Inc and they are onestep from closing their business. This is not right to take money and never doany work for that kind of money. I went on Nevada Secretary Of State to see who owns CompanyFunds, Inc. One day I called Company Funds, Inc to speak to the owner and to seewho owns Company Funds, Inc. NO one there who answers the phone knew theowners name and he was never there to speak to any one. So that is why I wenton Nevada Secretary Of State. This is the link on Company Funds, Inc and whoowns Company Funds, Inc (http://nvsos. Gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails. Aspx? Lx8nvq=wKQ8YFCvXde5IpDEP+LZA=&nt7=0). When you see this you will see (Patricia Hartley name on theNevada Secretary Of State). I also did another Google Search on Company Funds, Inc and found D&B Dun & Bradstree web site I also foundFoundation Research, Inc on Dun & Bradstree and this Company is usingCompany Funds, Inc address take a look on that web siteYou can see that the two companies have the same address in Nevada. You can see who owns Foundation Research, Inc at this web site (http://nvsos. Gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails. Aspx? Lx8nvq=a+YtCol713/AuxkvMzD1Vw=&nt7=0). The name on this is the name of Patricia Hartley fromCompany Funds, Inc. I did talk with Pat back in May of last year because Ithought she owned Company Funds, Inc and she does own it. Foundation Research, Inc has not been open that long. This guy told me a lot about who runs all these call centersin Nevada. Heused to work for these people who own a Business doing taxes for businessowners around the US. Thatcompany name is NADN. You can do a Google search on this company NADN. There are about 13 people who own NADN. These 13 people wastold by a judge not to open any company in their name. So these 13 people whoown that company came up with a plan to open some call centers for GrantWriting Company. Now these 13 people could not put the company in their name. They had to find people who was welling to be in partnershipwith them and to put the company in their name. Now you do the math on KennethRenard Tobin 2 who came from CA with no money and work as a security guard. Kenneth filed for Bankruptcy and owes money to a lot of people. For some onewho owns Company Funds, Inc with no money how did he get the money to openCompany Funds, Inc. These 13 People who own NADN probably gave Kenneth themoney to open Company Funds, Inc. These people know how to go around the lawthat is why we all had to pay big money to a SCAM COMPANY. The FBI shut downthat company down and here comes Company Funds, Inc. This guy told me Company Funds, Inc has been in Businessthey have not got any one a Grant. All they do is call Business owners to tellthem they have a Business Grant for them and when they get your money they stopcalling the business owners. This guy did tell me Company Funds, Inc willchange their business name and it is because of my article on the internet. Idont care about Company Funds, Inc and how they lost money because of myarticle. I put this on the internet for one reason and one reason only to getall the companies who paid Company Funds, Inc are calling all business ownersfor money. The person who owns Company Funds, Inc has a Felony recordin California. Idid a Google search on Kenneth Renard Tobin 2. I have the web site where I found the article on this web site. You see the owner has a Felony and owes a lot of money topeople like us. Company Funds, Inc has been telling Business owners that I hada Felony and that is why I did not get my Grant in 2009. I want to set therecord straight that I do not have a Felony on any record and have not beenarrest for anything. When they called me in March. I had a Business and it was a Mortgage Company. I had thatcompany sent May and closed it in July. I had to closed becauseI gave the rest of my business money to Company Funds, Inc thanking they had aGrant for my business. I did not here from them at all to tell me when I wasgoing to get my Grant. This company lied to me about getting a Grant in 30 daysjust to get more money out of me and I trust that company to get the Grant. They will tell you anything to get your money. If I had a Felony I would not be able to have a mortgagecompany in the State of Louisiana. Every one who does any mortgage loads in any State has to get a back groundcheck every year. I put an article up in Aug to let every businessowners not to do business with Company Funds, Inc. About two months ago I got a call from this guy that workedfor Company Funds, Inc. He told me that all of the phone calls that I wasgetting will stop and the reason behind that is Company Funds, Inc has changestheir Business name to Foundations Research, INC. It was hard for them to makea sell and get the person to give them any money. That is the reason why Company Funds, Inc was losing moneyis because of my article. I had no reason to lie to any one who calls me aboutCompany Funds, Inc and all that I put down in my article was the truth. Iwanted to make Company Funds, Inc lose money and to close down. This guy told me that Company Funds, Inc has not funded anybusiness owner a Grant since they have been in business. Well I stopped gettingphone calls from Business owners asking about Company Funds, Inc. I used to get4 or 5 calls a day about Company Funds, Inc and now I dont get any calls atall. Here is the article I found on a web site about the owner ofCompany Funds, Inc Kenneth Renard Tobin 2: It's sad that telemarketers know everything about us, and weusually know nothing about them. Theyget to call us, but we know very little about who they are or what they reallywant from us. Turning the tables ontelemarketers is something we should all do. Finding a way to annoy them is the only true way to make thetelemarketers understand that we're mad as hell, and we won't take it anymore. Therefore, for your review: Kenneth R Tobin is connected to this outbound callingnumber. He is the president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer of Company Funds, Inc. And he operatesa website called www.companyfunds.com. He is originally from Los
Angeles, with a date of birth that has beenverified in Nevada asbeing the same guy in Los
Angeles County. Previously married to Priscilla, who stilllives in L.A. She can be reached at 1-323-735-5365 and thenumber was good a few moments ago. Theydivorced in 1998. (Case No. BD274715)"Kenny" left L.A. Tostart a new life in Sin City, most likely because of his past. Heapparently hurt Priscilla pretty bad on February 11,1998which explains why the divorce was filed on February 23rd. The problem however also involved anallegation of "Willful Cruelty to a Child" (Case No. LAA8CR19455-01) along with Corporal Injury on a Spouse (Same Case No.) both of which resultedin a felony conviction. Yes, ladies andgentlemen, all of the above is in the public record (if you know where to look) and this is the man who is RoboCalling us. But wait! There'smore! Also in the public record is his bankruptcy in 2005. Aside from the fact that he owed everyone onthe planet and wiped them out in a Chapter 7, the man listed his employer asthe Golden Coin at 115 N 1st St in Las Vegas, and he claimed to be a SecurityGuard. Reading straight off of thebankruptcy papers he filed with the Bankruptcy Court, also in the publicrecord, he claimed he was earning $1537.56 a month. So you see, it should be understandable to all of usvictims, that a man who couldn't make it as a security guard needed to create acompany that would annoy others and hopefully make money at the same time. For this, I give him credit. For the Willful Cruelty to a Child, he shouldburn in h*ll. Here's a phone number to call, if you'd like to reach thisguy on a landline: 702-647-0664 - a ladyanswered a moment ago and said Kenny wasn't in, but would be back later. She verified she's a relative. Call him and tell him to stop RoboCalling you. If any one has paid Company Funds a large amount of moneyyou need to write out how they handle there business and how much you gavethem. When you are finish with it you can go to this web site athttp://www.ftc. Gov/idtheft. The more who file a complete with FTC. I am hoping theywould give us a LAWYER who can allow us to do a CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. This hashurt me and my family when I had to close my business and I cant change it. Iam still paying the money I gave to Company Funds. These people who own allthese Grant writing companies has to be stop and the FBI will not do a thing tostop them. I have called two FBI in my State and the one in Nevada. I call the FBI in Nevada tofind out if they are going to put these people in jail for taking peoples moneyand they told me they could not give me any Info. I did not know how to helpthese people who called me for help. I thought I was when I gave them the FBIphone number and that was a dead end. If you are a victim of Company Funds, Inc, FoundationResearch, Inc or any Company from Nevada whosay they can get you a Grant. I have good news for you. You can file a completewith http://www.ftc. Gov/idtheft. You are not alone in this Grant scam and there is a lotother Business Owners have been a VICTIM in this Grant Scam. We all need to fighttogether to get all of our money back plus more for all the things they put usthough. I have lost a lot from giving this Company my money. I hurt myself andmy family by giving this money to Company Funds, Inc. I lost my home last yearand lived in my van with my family and kids. It is hard to hear from peoplelike me who lost money and this company should pay for their lies. I did a Google search on Foundation Research, INC and Ifound an article on that Company. Itlooks like Foundation Research, INC had a seminar scam going on in some State. They had a seminar in Washington Statewhere they were going to have a Grant Seminar in Bellevue, WA. Foundation Research, Inc was kick out of Washington
St for some lies. You can read the story onthis web site (http://bellevue. Komonews.com/content/police-warn-grant-scam-targeting-small-businesses). Police warn of grant scam targeting small businessesA group from Las Vegas is running a phony grant-writing schemein the Bellevue/Seattle area, and small businesses are targets. The business name is Foundation Research Inc. And for anon-refundable deposit of $3,000, their firm promises to research sources andapply for federal grants for small-business owners. Once they receive the deposit, the corporationis shut down and the money disappears. This group has used at least 10 other corporate namesincluding: Small Business Funding Company, Small Business Funding Services, TheGrant People, The Grant Place, The Corporate People and Grant Resources. Recently, Foundation Research advertised a seminar at theBellevue Marriott. Their speaker claimed to be a national radio personalityJay Ellis The Money Man. Bellevue Police detectives discovered that Elliswas actually Jonas E. Bowen, a convicted felon and professional con artist. Detectives contacted Bowen and, after a brief interview, he agreed to cancelthe seminar. Still, representatives of the group collected names ofbusiness owners who showed up for the canceled seminar, and the group willprobably continue to attempt to solicit funds via phone and e-mail. If youthink you have been a victim of this type of scam, contact the Bellevue PoliceDepartment at 425-577-5656. Ask for theFraud Unit. I know I have tried to get my money back and they will notgive me any of my money back. I trusted this Company Funds, Inc to give me aGrant like they said they had a Grant for me and like some of the people whopaid Company Funds, Inc. This has hurt my finance and I still have to pay thismoney back. I dont have the money to pay this loan I took out just to payCompany Funds, Inc. I would love to file a law suit on Company Funds, Inc andget back all my money and plus more for lying to me about a Grant they wereholding for my business and for slandering my name telling people I had aFelony Record. This has been hard on me but I can get though knowing I did agood thing by putting this article on the internet telling Business Owners notto give any money to these companies who want money up front dont pay thesecompanies. Thanks, Melanie * & Margaret *Any Company can give me a call & I will tell you theTRUTH about This RIP OFF COMPANY FUNDS, INCMY CELL: Foundation Research Inc.
2785 E Desert Inn Rd, Suite 230
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (800) 761-1556http://www.foundationresearchinc.com
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