In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jared Fogle leaves a mobile evidence-gathering lab outside his home in Zionsville, Ind. (Image via Charlie Nye/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Jared
Fogle had something for minors, but it wasn’t money: Turns out his
foundation to help battle childhood obesity did little but raise the
Subway pitchman’s profile, USA Today
reports. According to tax records, the Jared Fogle Healthy Lifestyle
Nationwide School Grant Program spent an average of just $73,000
annually between 2009 and 2013 and never issued a grant. This despite
Fogle’s promise to give schools and community organizations $2 million
to battle the condition that so affected his own life.
“My
goal is to help children avoid the physical and emotional hardships I
went through living with obesity,” he said at the time, per a press release. The 2008 release outlined a plan to offer $20,000 grants to up to 50 schools (for a total of $1 million) in that same year.
Seems
60% of the non-profit’s documented expenditures went to executive
director Russell Taylor, 43 (now jailed on child pornography charges),
and 26% went who knows where. What’s more, records show that his
organization hadn’t paid a $5 yearly registration fee to the State of
Indiana since 2008, when the non-profit was slated to begin operations.
In fact, Indiana dissolved the Jared Fogle Healthy Lifestyle Nationwide
School Grant Program three years ago, although it’s still recognized by
the IRS.
“As
with a lot of celebrities, the charity appears to be more about
image-enhancement than charitable deeds,” says a charity analyst. Fogle,
who has apparently pleaded guilty to child porn charges, was outed by an ex-journalist who secretly recorded him for years.
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