| Founded | June 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Neil Cole |
| Dissolved | 2017 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Website | candiesfoundation.org [dead link] |
The Candie's Foundation, founded by CEO of Iconic Group Neil Cole, was a non-profit organization promoting abstinence-only education through paid advertising campaigns. After facing public criticism over financial decisions and stigmatizing campaigns, the Candie's Foundation rebranded as TheNext.Org in May 2016, then ceased operations in 2017. [1] In 2019, the founder of Candie's Foundation, Neil Cole, was charged with accounting fraud between 2013 and 2014. [2]