{"id":5661,"date":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T19:04:49","slug":"biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Cancer Charity Gave \u2018Zero\u2019 For Research; Millions Spent On Salaries, Travel"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel%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=5661&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>he Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 by Joe and Jill Biden to \u201cdevelop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care and to reduce disparities in cancer outcomes\u201d according to its IRS mission statement.<\/p>\n<p>A noble concept, indeed. There is only one problem; where the money raised actually went, is reprehensible. Federal filings, reported by the New York Post, show the cancer charity \u201cgave out no money to research, and spent most of its contributions on staff salaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, the company did zero for cancer research and did a lot for Biden\u2019s DC friends who were paid to do, well, nothing. The charity \u201cgave out no grants in its first two years, and spent millions on the salaries of former Washington, DC, aides it hired\u201d reported The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe charity took in $4,809,619 in contributions in fiscal years 2017 and 2018\u201d reported The Post. Certainly, great things could be done in the cancer research field with that huge sum of money. Instead, $3,070,301 was spent on payroll.<\/p>\n<p>Tax filings show the group\u2019s president, Gregory Simon, made a whopping $429,850 from July 2018 to June 2019. \u201cSimon, a former Pfizer executive and longtime health care lobbyist who headed up the White House\u2019s cancer task force in President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, saw his salary nearly double from the $224,539 he made in fiscal 2017, tax filings show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former chief of staff for Obama\u2019s cancer initiative, Danielle Carnival, received $258,207 in 2018 working for Biden\u2019s \u201ccharity.\u201d Other than salaries, tax filings show \u201cthe charity spent $56,738 on conferences and $59,356 on travel that year. The following year, the travel expenditure swelled to $97,149, and the nonprofit spent $742,953 on conferences\u201d reported The Post. But, \u201cunder grants distributed, it listed zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly the charity \u201cpaused\u201d after only two years when Joe and Jill Biden stepped down to run for president in the 2020 election. \u201cAlthough the organization is still officially active, according to the IRS, Simon said in a 2019 interview that without the Bidens at the helm ,the charity lost its edge\u201d reported The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried to power through but it became increasingly difficult to get the traction we needed to complete our mission,\u2019 he told the AP in July 2019.\u201d Simon\u2019s \u201cmission\u201d of an extremely inflated salary and extravagant travel expenses is no longer.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/14\/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report\/\">NYPost.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 by Joe and Jill Biden to \u201cdevelop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care and to reduce disparities in cancer outcomes\u201d according to its IRS mission statement. A noble concept, indeed. 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