Some comments re Jeffrey Epstein's Gratitude America 2019 990, available on the IRS Charity Search site. As I first noted in April 2019, the only contribution was $10M made by Leon Black via an anon LLC in 2015...
...At Dec 31 2019, Gratitude America's assets were comprised of $8.2M in cash. Trading was halted & all investments were sold off by July 22 after Epstein was arrested on July 6 2019....
...I'm sure it's a coincidence but Gratitude America's largest & most profitable trade in 2019 was the sale of 1000 shares of Microsoft...
...In 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was listed as a director of Gratitude America for the first time since 2014. This gets back to my suspicion he was the unnamed investment consultant paid a total of $529k in 2016 & 2017....
...The Gratitude America 2019 990 was signed by Richard Kahn, President & prepared by David Hasson of Seckendorf Hasson Reilly & Kobay, a CPA & wealth management firm in Lake Success on Long Island....
...In 2019, Gratitude America made three donations, the largest being $150k to International Peace Institute, followed by $50k to the Hasty Pudding Club. A prior donation of $100k was refunded....
...The $100k refund may have been made by Humanity Plus of Los Angeles which rec'd a $100k donation from Gratitude America in 2018....
...Leon Black's $10M donation to Gratitude America was similar to the $21M Leslie Wexner made to Epstein's COUQ Foundation in the early '00s in that it allowed Epstein to appear to be a generous philanthropist. In the past, I speculated whether it was income to Epstein...
...I assume Richard Kahn & Darryl Indyke have the authority to disburse the $8M Gratitude America had in the bank at Dec 31 2019. How they do so will be interesting. The end.
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Reviewing the 990s filed by Veterans For Economic Freedom, CEO Pete Hegseth. The preparer, Michael J. Engle, is the Koch's go-to CPA for all their not-for-profits including the one formerly headed by Mike Roman...
More later. Wanted to point out to interested parties how to find the 990s for Veterans For Economic Freedom dba Concerned Veterans For America. The address is a UPS store box despite paying rent & hiring numerous employees.
Veterans For Economic Freedom dba Concerned Veterans For America was registered in Delaware in Oct 2012 & the year end is Sept 30. Looks like Wade Zirkle may have helped Hegseth land the CEO position...
I want to walk thru what happened late last night re the secret Frum fundraiser for Trump, scheduled to be held at Trump Tower on Sept 5. At 1 pm yesterday, @TheBelaaz posted about the fundraiser...
At 8:30 last night, Sheya Landa tweeted that Team Trump told him to keep the fundraiser secret & was upset about the Belaaz News scoop. Landa is an advisor to Nassau County Exec Bruce Blakeman & his father, Ben, was slated to attend...
Three minutes later, Sheya Landa tweeted that the fundraiser was cancelled. At 11 pm, Belaaz News confirmed the event was cancelled...
Speaking of Chicago, who is Onisim "Nick" Dorfneau & why he is on the board of Trump Org?
Per LinkedIn, Onisim Dorneau has an educational background in computer forensics, criminal justice & policing, nuclear power technician & counterterrorism training...
Onisim Dorneau apparently is one of three founders of Moogle Pharma, a Romanian company registered in 2020 that aims "to become one of the main international distributors of medicines"... mooglepharma.com/#home
Congrats @DanFoganholi on yr appointment by Gov DeSantis to the State Board of Ed. Re yr position w New Generations Children’s Ministry - its IRS tax exempt status was revoked after filing a single 990-N in 2014....
The New Generations Children’s Ministry website is now inactive. Per the internet archive, it looks the website was reactivated in 2022 after being inactive for several years...
Per Gov DeSantis' press release, you also are the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Brazilian American Coalition which, according to , hasn't existed since Sept 2023 & never filed for a FEIN.... sunbiz.org
Not enough attention has been paid to Santos campaign finance director Lianna Farnesi. After college, she was trained by the Heritage Foundation, worked for the Trump campaign & then Templar Baker where she was assigned to the Santos campaign....
Funny how Elise Stefanik knew right off the bat Farnesi wasn't involved in covering up Santos' malfeasance even though she was intimately involved in the Santos campaign inner workings. Same tel # for this RSVP...
Oh. Lianna Farnesi has been on the NRCC's payroll since Jan 2023. Which means the NRCC, not Elise Stefanik, is paying Farnesi to work on Stefanik's campaign. Also footing her legal bills? (ty @jgmac1106)....
Trump's elaborate plan to keep his romance w Melania secret & apply for the Einstein visa has to be seen in the context of his pre-nup & divorce from Marla Maples. Per NYS Supreme Court:
Per Gabriel Sherman for Vanity Fair, Trump would only have to pay Marla Maples $1M if they separated within five years of their marriage on Dec 20 1993... vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/m…
The whole stupid made up story about meeting Melania for the first time in Sept 1998 could have been avoided if Trump didn't have a giant inflated ego... vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/t…