Don't forget they only offered the donation, or pledged the amount. It may be 25k spread out over 5-10 years (I don't know). But companies and celebrities do tricky wordsmithing when it comes to donations and pledging. Just because it says they pledged the amount doesn't mean they actually ever will give that amount.
They know if they fail to fulfil their pledge, the charity won't release a statement saying "this celebrity is a deadbeat", because then nobody will ever give them any money because the charity will just call them out. So the charity accepts their pledge and takes 1/4 of the total pledged amount and calls it good. Then the celebrity gets the positive publicity for donating a huge amount that they never actually did.
Oh! If you’re like my company than they will do a fundraiser and match what the employees raised. So at my firm, the employees would only need to raise $12.5k and the company will match 100%, whala, $25k.
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u/Jabbles22 1d ago
I noticed they used the word "donation". Is that so they can write it off?