Two of legendary actor Paul Newman’s five daughters have filed a lawsuit against their family’s foundation, Newman’s Own Foundation.

Elinor “Nell” Newman and Susan Newman are seeking $1.6 million in damages to further benefit charities. They claim the foundation has strayed from using funding meant to aid in financial support for charities important to the late actor, including those involving the arts, climate change awareness, and environmental issues.

“The years since Mr. Newman’s death consist of a long and consistent pattern of disregard, by those in control, of Mr. Newman’s specific intentions and direction, coupled with mismanagement, scandal, and questionable practices,” reads the suit, which was filed in Connecticut state court and obtained by PEOPLE.

The lawsuit also claims that the board has decreased the amount of money it has given Paul’s daughters over the years for their charitable giving.

Nell and Susan say the amount they have received on an annual basis for charitable donations has decreased from $400,000 to $200,000.

The business of doing good all began with a salad dressing back in 1982, when Paul and his friend, A. E. Hotchner, made a small batch of vinaigrette as Christmas presents for their friends. When they kept returning for more, he got the idea — his dressing could make money for a good cause. Told the products would sell better in supermarkets if he put his face on the label, Paul said, “Once we decided that’s what we wanted to do, we decided we’d give the money away.”

“We had no idea whether the business would be successful,” admitted Paul, who from the beginning, insisted that 100 percent of the after-tax profits go straight to charities and causes he believed in.

After salad dressing, came pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, salsa and pizza. Today, there are over 300 different Newman’s Own products.

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