Eswyft t1_j7zvnle wrote on February 10, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Reply to comment by breezefortrees in Bills assistant athletic trainer Denny Kellington (who saved Damar Hamlin's life) receives vote for NFL MVP. by LUNA_underUrsaMajor

There are over head costs for charity. That's reality. You're going to need to be a lot more specific

Gobblewicket t1_j802437 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:08 PM

Russell's charity reportedly spen more on employees than doing actual charitable works. They spen $600,00 on charity and $1.1 million on salaries from 2020-21. Ryan Tarpley, CEO of the charity, made double industry standard in salary. He is also Chief Strategy Officer for the Wilson's home office, which is illegal double dipping.

If you want to become infuriated, Yahoo! has a good story on it.

https://sports.yahoo.com/russell-wilsons-why-not-you-foundation-reportedly-spent-more-on-employee-salaries-than-charitable-activities-185532088.html

As a bonus, the Wilson Celebrity Golf Tournament boasted about $2million in donations to a Seattle children's hospital. But in actuality only donated $78,000 while the Tournament itself cost $800,000.

Eswyft t1_j8030u6 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:14 PM

That's bad. Thank you for the source

drmcsinister t1_j80mo2g wrote on February 10, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Those are pretty abysmal ratios. Who is this Ryan Tarpley guy? I'm assuming a close friend...

breezefortrees t1_j81le86 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:14 PM

It was this one https://sports.yahoo.com/russell-wilsons-why-not-you-foundation-reportedly-spent-more-on-employee-salaries-than-charitable-activities-185532088.html

RevengencerAlf t1_j80c0rc wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:12 PM

Overhead is a real thing but it should be reasonable. I think the exact line of acceptable costs is easily debatable but his charities are reportedly spending over 50% of their income on overhead and I'd like to think any rational person would say that's too much to justify the existence of the entity if true.