Non-profit paid Bristol Palin more than it donated to anti-teen pregnancy programs
By now, you’ve probably heard — Bristol Palin, the unwed daughter of former VP candidate Sarah Palin, was paid $262,000 to help raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention.
Bristol Palin strikes a pose that screams "say no to unmarried sex" in a "Dancing with the Stars" promo shot.
I don’t have a problem with the size of her paycheck.
But what has gone largely unreported is the fact The Candie’s Foundation paid Palin seven times more to be a spokesman than it donated to anti-teen pregnancy initiatives.
According to The Candie’s Foundation tax filing, the organization took in about $1.7 million in donations and only gave $35,000 to groups trying to lower teen pregnancy rates.
Forty-six percent of Candie’s total expenses — $573,000 — went to Palin. Only 6 percent went to anti-teen pregnancy programs.
About $165,000 was paid to ABC for TV advertising.
Candie’s was founded by Neil Cole, the CEO of Iconix Brand Group, makers of clothing you’ve heard of — London Fog, OP, Joe Boxer. He pulled in more than $9 million in 2010, according to the tax filing, so he can afford to pay people whatever he wants.
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Old Geezer
April 5th, 2011
10:15 pm
With that kind of money she can afford to have a few more kids and hire a nanny to raise them.
PJC
April 5th, 2011
11:29 pm
Is anyone actually surprised by this news? Its bad enough that the charity isnt really a charity but I’m wondering what real advocacy Ms. Palin performed to “earn” her paycheck. Sounds to me like “Mama Grizzly” or the GOP put pressure on Candies to put Ms. Palin on the payroll.
concerned
April 5th, 2011
11:33 pm
Just the fact she is a UNWED is just as disturbing as all the other facts that you have uncovered….keep up the good work
So?
April 5th, 2011
11:37 pm
Just another right wing grifter.
news2u
April 6th, 2011
12:26 am
Palin followers are such suckers. I feel sorry for my friends who think they’re so wonderful.
sodakhic
April 6th, 2011
12:38 am
Where are the figures on Planned parenthoods amount for each killing and how many?
PhilipJames
April 6th, 2011
1:20 am
Gosh, you don’t think Bristol is making a living working for someone who is friendly to her, do you? By the way, does Bristol have any say whatsoever in what that Foundation does with its money?
This is nothing like Michelle Obama in Chicago when she worked for that hospital and pulled in huge money for doing nothing and that hospital was one of the ones that threw poor people out on the street from the emergency rooms because they couldn’t squeeze enough money out of the government for taking care of them? Or like all the liberals who going from the White House to friendly Democrat companies with big salaries and using their access to the upper levels of the White House?…. No, that couldn’t be the same thing. No way.
K Passah
April 6th, 2011
1:22 am
This all sounds like a heck of a lot of money, but it’s not. No one disapproves of this loser more than I do, but… She is far from financially secure. After taxes and expenses, and the recent home purchase, she probably has very little money… that she hasn’t had handed to her by Mama Psycho. She has no talent, little charm, and her flame has burned out. She is mortal once again in the sense that she is going to have a difficult time getting another paying gig.
Legend of Len Barker
April 6th, 2011
1:48 am
Why do I find myself suddenly singing Queen & Paul Rodgers’s “C-Lebrity”?
Kaleigh
April 6th, 2011
4:09 am
Are you kidding me? The girl went through a terrible experience, and is trying to mentor children. I find it odd that nobody has a problem with celebrity atheletes making millions per game, but has a problem with “Bristol Palin” telling young girls it’s difficult being a single mother. I’m not a Sarah fan, but come on???