I think Jose Abreu donated some rafts to Cuba .

I think Jose Abreu donated some rafts to Cuba .

He's covering up some horrible secret.

He's covering up some horrible secret.

He's covering up some horrible secret.

There always has to be some useless, snarky comment from you. Even on stuff like this. What do you really offer around here?

Not even that. He's just a big lump of..nothing. Joe Orr's parrot.

Caller Bob speaks for no one but himself on this one. Mike is universally loved.

I mean, I wish the Arlington 9 murdered him when they had the chance but that's not my point.

I forgot my point.

It should be pointed out this was his foundation and not necessarily any of his money before we talk about that he is definitely a great person.

It should be pointed out this was his foundation and not necessarily any of his money before we talk about that he is definitely a great person.

Even if he only raised the money thru his name, that's still pretty cool.

Even if he only raised the money thru his name, that's still pretty cool.


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Anthony Rizzo‏Verified account @ARizzo44 Aug 27
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Hasn't donated a dime to Texas. Bad guy.

To a degree. It gets complicated because much of the time it's just shifting money through a foundation(with the overhead associated with it) rather than a direct donation to the charity of their choice. If I created the Boilermaker Rick foundation, had a board get together that cost 20% of the ticket cost, and then donated the 80% to Salvation Army it really didn't do a whole lot besides let someone make that 20%. Unfortunately, his charity doesn't seem to be big enough to be rated, which may mean that most of the money came from him, or it may mean something else.

Rizzo does seem like a good guy but a large portion of these types of charities are legal money laundering operations to enrich family members and give them fun things to do in the offseason that they can do for free.

Well the most recent tax return for the foundation is 2015. They paid $23k in salaries to administer the fund. Not exactly a family slush fund.

http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/455/455636633/455636633_201512_990.pdf

I found it odd that the sign in the waiting room that says "ANTHONY RIZZO® FAMILY FOUNDATION" has a trademark symbol after his name. I guess it's intended to prevent someone else from raising money using his name, but it just looks weird.