{"id":216626,"date":"2020-11-17T08:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T08:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=216626"},"modified":"2020-11-19T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T07:56:15","slug":"biden-cancer-charity-spent-zero-on-cancer-research-millions-on-executives-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=216626","title":{"rendered":"Biden Cancer Charity Spent Zero on Cancer, Millions on Executives&#8217; Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Joe Biden\u2019s cancer charity spent more than $3.7million on staff salaries but distributed ZERO towards research grants over two years, tax filings reveal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Documents showed the charity received $4,809,619 and spent $3,070,301 on staff salaries between 2017 and 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Gregory Simon, the charity\u2019s president, received $429,850 in fiscal year 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The Biden Cancer Initiative spent nearly $1million on travel and conference expenses in those two fiscal years\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Joe and Jill Biden founded the charity in 2017 after his oldest son, Beau Biden, died of a brain cancer diagnosis\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">D<strong>aily Mail.com \u2013 Nov 15, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">President-elect <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/joe-biden\/index.html\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a><\/span>&#8216;s cancer charity spent the majority of its money on staff payroll and gave none to research, it has been revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">First reported by <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/14\/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The New York Post<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, tax filings viewed by DailyMail.com showed that The Biden Cancer Initiative amassed $4,809,619 in contributions, but spent $3,070,301 on salaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Joe and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/jill-biden\/index.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jill Biden<\/span><\/strong><\/a> founded The Biden Cancer Initiative in 2017 to help find a cure and \u2018solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But it appeared no grants were given out during its first two years of operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Gregory Simon, The Biden Cancer Initiative president and former Pfizer executive, reportedly received $429,850 during the 2018 fiscal year, per filings viewed by DailyMail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Simon, who spearheaded the Obama administrations cancer task force, was paid nearly double his 2017 earnings which were $224,539.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Danielle Carnival, the former chief of staff of Obama\u2019s Cancer Moonshot Task Force, was paid $258,207 in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Director of Communications, the Director of Science Policy and Director of Engagement all received six figure salaries as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The tax filings showed that The Biden Cancer Initiative spent $56,738 on conferences and $59,356 on travel expenses in the 2017 tax filings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Those numbers rose the next year with conference costs skyrocketing to a staggering $742,953 for conferences and $97,149 on travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The boxes indicating grant distributions remained blank, suggesting no money was put forth by the charity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_216627\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Joe-Biden-and-Beau.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216627\" class=\"wp-image-216627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Joe-Biden-and-Beau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Joe-Biden-and-Beau.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Joe-Biden-and-Beau-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-216627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beau Biden and his father. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Biden Cancer Initiative was created after Joe\u2019s oldest son, Beau Biden, died in 2015 after suffering from a brain cancer diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Biden led Obama\u2019s cancer task force while serving as vice president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After leaving office 2017, the Biden Cancer Initiative continued in its quest to find cancer treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2018The Biden Cancer Initiative will develop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care, and to reduce disparities in cancer outcomes,\u2019 said a press release from that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Board of Directors included NFL Sideline reporter Erin Andrews and Jimmy &#8216;Taboo&#8217; Gomez, a cancer survivor and musician from Black Eyed Peas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Biden Cancer Initiative suspended operations in July 2019 as Joe Biden became further entrenched in the contentious 2020 election battle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2018Today, we are suspending activities given our unique circumstances. We remain personally committed to the cause, but at this time will have to pause efforts,\u2019 Simon told the Associated Press at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8950275\/Joe-Bidens-cancer-charity-spent-3-7million-staff-salaries.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charity received $4,809,619 in donations and spent $3,070,301 on staff salaries between 2017 and 2018. 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