RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION: DONATE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Here’s a piece of information worth repeating. Ryan Seacrest is in the headlines now because of his new job as host of Wheel of Fortune. But there’s one aspect of his life that you rarely read about. Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 has reminded us that Ryan supports his father and sister from his untaxed Ryan Seacrest Foundation. According to 2021 tax files, Seacrest paid his sister $300,000 for her role as “Executive Director” and his father got $95,000 for “legal work.” The actual Senior Director of the foundation is paid $114.000 to run it. The charity’s purpose is to set up broadcasting facilities in children’s hospitals.(?) In 2021, the foundation made donations of $10,000 each to 11 hospitals. That’s ALL! Apparently MOST donation money is used to pay salaries. How many other celebrities have these “charities” set up mostly to support relatives? Makes you wonder…
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