{"id":2208378,"date":"2024-03-28T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-close-charity-as-donations-dwindle-following-oscars-slap-report\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T14:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:39:41","slug":"will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-close-charity-as-donations-dwindle-following-oscars-slap-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-close-charity-as-donations-dwindle-following-oscars-slap-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Will and Jada Pinkett Smith shut down their charity due to decreasing donations post Oscars slap incident, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-and-jada-pinkett-smith-close-charity-as-donations-dwindle-following-oscars-slap-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Will and Jada\u200c Smith are still dealing with\u200b the repercussions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baby-name-karen-plunges-in-2020-hits-lowest-ranking-since-1927\/\" title=\"Baby Name \u2018Karen\u2019 Plunges In 2020, Hits Lowest Ranking Since 1927\">infamous incident<\/a> at the 2022 Oscars. Their charity is reportedly closing\u200c following a\u2064 decrease in donations. The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation received only\u2064 $365,870 according\u2062 to recent reports. Will and Jada Smith are facing\u2062 consequences from the 2022 Oscars incident as\u200c their charity is shutting down due \u200bto declining donations. \u2064Recent reports \u200bindicate\u200c that the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation received only $365,870.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Will Smith and Jada Smith <\/a>are still trying to recover from the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/800386\/will-smith-hits-chris-rock-in-the-face-on-oscars-stage-for-mocking-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"slap heard 'round the world\">slap heard \u2019round the world<\/a>\u201d at the 2022 Oscars. It\u2019s not just their reputations that took a hit; now the couple\u2019s charity will <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/will-jada-pinkett-smith-charity-to-close-chris-rock-slap-1235947358\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly \">reportedly <\/a>shut down.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/954607014\/202341389349100029\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-beau-biden-charity-takes-in-millions-spends-fraction-on-helping-children\/\" title=\"Report: Beau Biden Charity Takes in Millions, Spends Fraction on Helping Children\">latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel\/\" title=\"Biden Cancer Charity Gave \u2018Zero\u2019 For Research; Millions Spent On Salaries, Travel\">tax filing<\/a><\/a>&#8220;>latest tax filing<\/a>, it only received $365,870 in 2022. The year before, the celebrity couple was able to raise over $2.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy-hitting donors seemingly pulled away from the foundation following the on-stage assault. Among them was American Airlines, which donated $76,160, and the Creative Arts Agency, which gave $100,000 in 2021. The two were not on the list of donors that following year. However, the airline is still credited as a sponsor and the CAA is considered a partner of the foundation\u2019s WILL Book Club, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjsff.org\/our-initiatives\/willbookclub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"website\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>There have also been questions about where exactly the funds were being used. Among them is the Rebecoming and World Rebirth Foundation, which received $15,000 from the WJSFF. <em>Variety<\/em> found that the listed address was an unmarked door between a pizzeria and a laundromat in New York, which has seemingly not been visited as it is marked with graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>Another portion of its 2022 funds went to \u201cbank overdrawn\u201d fees, which in 2022 added up to $3,304. There were no bank fees filed for the WJSFF in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjsff.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was formed\">was formed<\/a> in 1996.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the WJSFF for comment. Another tax filing for 2023 is anticipated in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p>As a result of Smith slapping Chris Rock, the actor was banned from the Oscars for 10 years. The academy promised this will not prevent Smith from being nominated for Academy Awards in the future, but he has yet to be nominated since. Additionally, Smith left the academy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the infamous &#8220;slap heard &#8217;round the world&#8221; at the 2022 Oscars, Will and Jada Smith are grappling with the aftermath. Their charity is set to close as donations dwindle. Recent tax filings reveal the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation received only $365,870<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2208379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23060709744611-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23060709744611-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}