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    J.K. TrotterJ.K. Trotter
    9/13/13 3:08pm

    Fun update from Fox News!

    Tina Brown’s charity, the Women in the World Foundation, made a $650,000 lump sum gift on Thursday just hours before the New York Post published a story saying the charity had only disbursed a minuscule $10,000 out of the $1.17 million it made in its first year in existence.

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    Prior to Thursday night’s $650,000 donation, the Women in the World Foundation had handed out about $450,000 of its $2.6 million.

    450,000 ÷ 2,600,000 = 0.17 = 17%

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      A Media DudeJ.K. Trotter
      9/14/13 11:49pm

      "We distributed $1.1 million—after we were caught not donating any money!"

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    Gabrielle BluestoneJ.K. Trotter
    9/14/13 12:07pm

    Tina Brown also apparently forced her employees to create content for the Women in the World Foundation website during the week. Employees also allege that she offered to trade ad and editorial space on the Daily Beast in exchange for donations to the organization.

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      Cord JeffersonJ.K. Trotter
      9/13/13 3:07pm

      Tina Brown's Women in the World Foundation hastily gave away a $650,000 grant last evening, just hours before the New York Post went live with a story about how the charity doesn't really do shit.

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        MikeGreggsCord Jefferson
        9/13/13 3:23pm

        All other charities need to be mentioned on Gawker asap if this is what happens.

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        raincoasterCord Jefferson
        9/13/13 4:16pm

        Dear Tina: I am currently developing a book-length project with movie and television tie-ins about how fabulous you were in the 80's. Call me.

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      SergioStamosJ.K. Trotter
      9/13/13 12:42pm

      What's the point of celebrity foundations, really??? It seems that they are vanity projects 90% of the time. The only time I hear about it is when some fucking celebrity's dumbass fan tries to defend them, "b-b-but they do really good charity work, they deserve to live like that, it's okay if they make a mistake, you shouldn't judge them, etc." I am suspicious of ANYBODY that has their own charity—it's like steroids in sports, the whole thing reeks. I will stick to established charities and ones that don't care about media coverage. Now excuse me while I throw up.

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        GemmabetaSergioStamos
        9/13/13 1:09pm

        Tax shelter

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        squarksSergioStamos
        9/13/13 3:18pm

        Celebrities/Athletes put their relatives on the charity's payroll. It is more to give their relatives something to do (instead of whining for more money from them).

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      Sean BrodyJ.K. Trotter
      9/13/13 12:14pm

      If anyone is concerned with the advancement of women and girls, they could do a lot worse than helping https://camfed.org/

      They cure poverty by educating women. Simples.
      It's an outstanding charity.

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        Max CommentSean Brody
        9/13/13 12:51pm

        Was sure this was going to be a porn cam site. Dissapointed when it wasn't.

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        Sean BrodyMax Comment
        9/13/13 1:02pm

        Sorry about that. It has a lot of hot photos.
        Mostly because it's Africa though.

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      benjaminalloverJ.K. Trotter
      9/14/13 2:54pm

      It is FAR too easy to attain charitable status in the U.S. I did some work requiring research into the IRS database of 501c3's, and I was shocked by the sheer number of tax shelters, I mean Not for Profits and charities. If all those tens of thousands of organizations were actually doing all the charity they pretend to, the country would be in fantastic shape on all fronts.

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        ManchuCandidateJ.K. Trotter
        9/13/13 6:12pm

        If only she created her own holiday.

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          Angry WaspJ.K. Trotter
          9/13/13 3:31pm

          Hmmm I think I just found a way to live the high life.

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            CeleronJ.K. Trotter
            9/13/13 12:35pm

            I used to work for a non profit bone marrow foundation and though they definitely did good things, I do feel that there is a lot of wasteful spending when it comes to non profits. Obviously you have to be staffed in order to operate, so I'm not talking about that part of the budget but there were some unless and waaaaaay overpaid assholes where I was. Also the blatant nepotism (boss hires useless spouse, so they can conveniently make about 100k+ between the two of them), Which by the way only helped to deteriorate the daily functions of crucial parts of the organization. They could be "saving lives" but obviously it's more important to live as lavishly as one can.

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              ApassionataVonCCeleron
              9/13/13 12:41pm

              I've worked in non-profits too and I agree, there's a mix of waste and scarcity. I think devoting resources towards workers is important, my NFP was lightly staffed, mostly part-time workers, with no money in the budget for added full time staff. There was however money to put the Executive Director up in a 5-star hotel, because she "doesn't care for the Hilton."

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            tillman1131J.K. Trotter
            9/13/13 12:57pm

            I get the idea Tina Brown comes from the age of journalism as a lavish enterprise you can pay people lots of money to do so they can have fancy apartments and cars.

            Or maybe that's how it works in fancy magazines and the news doesn't pay well.

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              twizzlertillman1131
              9/14/13 12:48pm

              Yes, she's from the Gilded Age of journalism, with unlimited expense accounts, long boozy lunches at chic restaurants with "sources," and outlandish story ideas — the more remote and costly, the better. It was odious, in retrospect. But I'm ashamed to admit I enjoyed those days at the time. We thought they'd never end....

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