MonsterMarty 96 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 EDIT: UPDATE FROM LADY GAGA! A Message from Me about the Born This Way Foundation My mom and I are so deeply passionate about the Born This Way Foundation. Its work, its message. Creating local grassroots events to support youth with mental illness, abusive household situations, disabilities, in search of friends, answers. We believe in advocating empowerment and creating a safe space for kids to go who feel helpless. Suicide Prevention, Compassion, Inspiring Bravery. This is our mission. We do not raise money and allocate the funds to other charities for them to do the work. We do the work. We formed a brand new, up-to-date with all the newest research and best doctors in the country approach to youth wellness. My mom is on the ground with the kids, so am I, the whole Born Brave Team is. Check out my mom's article in the HUFFINGTON POST to learn more http://tinyurl.com/l57mokp EDIT: UPDATE FORM CYNTHIA! First and foremost, we are an organization that conducts our charitable activity directly, and we fund our own work. We are not a grant-maker that funds the work of other charities, and were never intended to be. Our activity has included The Born Brave Bus Tour, which has travelled to 23 communities, interacting with more than 19,000 young people and raising awareness to the tune of more than 300 million media impressions. The foundation's messages of kindness and bravery have touched more than half a million online users via our website, which includes the Bravest Map Ever and the Play Brave Game, as well as social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook -- which on a peak week can hit 50 million individual users.... Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-germanotta/speaking-out-for-lady-gag_b_4952424.html New article disproving the bullsh!t tabloid reports about the BTWF: The 2012 federal tax report for Gaga's Born This Way Foundation reveals the star spent $1.3 million on charitable projects. As long as you read it properly, that is No, Lady Gaga did not spend only $5,000 on charitable projects in 2012. According to reports by ShowBiz411 and the New York Post, the federal tax report for the pop star’s nonprofit, the Born This Way Foundation, reveals that Gaga donated a mere $5,000 to “governments and organizations in the United States†and spent $1.8 of the foundation’s $2.6 million in revenue on “expenses,†shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars on website design and legal fees. But that’s not (entirely) true. What they’re not reporting is that more than $1.3 million, or 72 percent, of those expenses directly funded her charitable projects. According to the 990 form, Gaga’s foundation, which she launched in 2011, spent more than $406,000 on legal fees, around $9,000 on office expenses, $50,000 on website design and some $150,000 on philanthropic consulting in 2012. These functional expenses sound huge, especially if you interpret Gaga’s comparatively measly five grand as her only charitable gift. However, a deeper assessment of the document reveals that the $1.3 million in “program expensesâ€â€â€the costs of operating her charitable causesâ€â€was spent on three key projects. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/celebrity/lady-gaga-actually-charitable-everyone/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WH0RE 1 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 edit: lmao nvm slay cynthia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddarko 144 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It's about time! The Truth Remains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laceface 2,964 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 We know the truth, enough of this horse **** :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,064 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 "The document reveals that the $1.3 million in “program expenses†as spent on the.... “Born to Be Brave†bus tour, which traveled across the country to provide therapy and mental health education to young people; the “development of a youth outreach program and the creation of a “youth advisory board summit†Very good. The haters are so desperate and liars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterMum 2,532 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 AP It's not AP, read the OP first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterMarty 96 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 AP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewStevens 5,249 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Drag them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef 60,179 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 edit: lmao nvm slay cynthia :rip: Signature loading… 👹🖤 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonyguy04 3 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 why can't they leave Gaga alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterMum 2,532 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 why can't they leave Gaga alone. But it's not a hate post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister G 9,175 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So because she's not obsessing over international charitable events like poverty in 3rd world countries she's being dragged? Bull****. Her foundation is combating issues like LGBT equality and bullying...soooo how are those not charitable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonyguy04 3 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 But it's not a hate post I know, but I was referring to that fake one that was slandering her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodtimes12128 230 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Kween Gags Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retep 0 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The PR team over at the BTWF needs to make this clear, so many people already believe the false reports that have been posted by major news sources. It's kind of funny that no other publication has since looked further into this but rather has copied the same article essentially and slandered Gaga's name as well as the foundation itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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