By Saria Kraft kraft@theacorn.com

Many Mansions, a nonprofit provider of low-income housing for residents in East Ventura County, will unveil a revised Website this week.

The announcement made by Executive Director Rick Schroeder came amid concern that the Website, www.manymansions.org, was potentially misleading to donors and volunteers. As of May 3, many outdated entries were still appearing on the Website, former employees and program providers said.

Founded in 1979, Many Mansions will celebrate its 25th anniversary this fall.

The nonprofit organization owns and operates seven apartment complexes and is constructing an $8 million complex designed for families with children. Operating under a $2 million annual budget, the 40-person staff oversees housing and residential services programs, administration and fundraising, Schroeder said.

The properties house about 1,000 residents, including low-income families, single parents and mentally or physically disabled individuals in the Conejo and Simi Valleys.

Under the subhead, "Current Programs and Services," the Website listed four pages of entries. Special events such as a Mother’s Day party, a Marla Bingham dance show, a Sesame Street Live visit and a Conejo Players Theatre event were listed without dates.

Acorn records show the Sesame Street characters actually visited more than two years ago.

The Conejo Players entry read, "Free tickets were given to families to attend Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Jeanne Murry, a Conejo Players vice president who’s been with the all-volunteer theatre since 1964, said otherwise.

"We do not provide free tickets," Murry said. "Children’s shows are $8 per seat. A few years ago, we invited Many Mansions to a dress rehearsal, but it wasn’t Snow White."

Items mentioned on the Website such as Tae Kwon Do Karate, AYSO Soccer and Little League Baseball are no longer offered to Many Mansions youth, said Charles Gary, public relations coordinator. A computer class in the Telecommunity Center was held years ago, he said. Gary was hired last December.

As state, county and local budgets continue to shrink, nonprofits increasingly are turning to private foundations, businesses and individuals for funding.

Debbie Sporich, a former Many Mansions employee who preceded Gary, said the Website helps validate the organization’s programs.

But some residential services programs were difficult to substantiate, Sporich said.

For example, the Website listed the Ventura-based Westminster Free Clinic as being current, despite the fact that it left Many Mansions Property nearly a year ago.

"(A) teen program fell apart and