The Buffalo News has dug into the $442,000 donation made by Bills fans to Andy Dalton’s foundation, and according to their findings, nearly $100,000 went to the management firm. The management company, Prolanthropy LLC, bagged about $100K from the $442K total donations to the foundation.
According to industry experts, the $100K that went to Prolanthropy LLC is a far larger share than is customary. The Buffalo News:
More than 17,000 donors, in a display of grassroots generosity that snowballed on social media, combined to raise $442,000 for the Andy and Jordan Dalton Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the football player and his wife to benefit seriously ill and physically challenged children and their families.
A monthslong investigation by The Buffalo News found that nearly a quarter of the money – about $100,000 – went to the company that managed the nonprofit, a far larger share than is customary, according to industry experts.
The management company, Prolanthropy LLC, has helped create and operate dozens of nonprofit organizations for professional athletes since 2008. But its fees, while legal, are “wildly out of line,” according to nonprofit oversight attorney Andrew Morton and other industry experts. Those fees drain resources from the people a nonprofit aims to help.
As The News raised questions, the Dalton Foundation ended its relationship with Prolanthropy and Jordan Dalton said it will donate all money directly to hospitals “so 100% of proceeds go to families in need.”
“The financials, we weren’t super involved in,” Jordan Dalton said, speaking for herself and her husband. “But this thing means the world to us and I just more than anything value transparency and trust, so I want to do everything on my part to make sure everyone has answers.”
You have to be a real terrible person to scam money from kids in need.
Be real careful who you donate to.
Flip the pages for the video of the scam.
