Where is the $10,000,000's that Hannity claims to have donated to Freedom Alliance?
Since July of '07 I have been looking into the ties of Hannity's "Freedom Concerts" and Ollie North's "Freedom Alliance" from the money donation aspect. I have found nothing that proves that Hannity has donated one single penny from his "Freedom Concerts" to "Freedom Alliance" since 2003!
Both Ollie North and Hannity have claimed that in 2007 "Freedom Concerts" donated $10,000,000 to "Freedom Alliance." The 2007 Tax Form 990 for Freedom Alliance shows no such donation! Refer to the following:
premierespeakers.com/sean_hannity/bio for North's comment on Sean's donation.
Now for some background on the monies collected for the wounded troops and their families,by Freedom Alliance:
Year Public Donations Other Revenue Total Revenues Diff. preceding year
2003 $05,457,626 $024,545 $05,764,405 +$1,747,585
2004 $08,691,695 $147,425 $09,135,830 +$3,372,425
2005 $09,230,807 $438,433 $10,058,234 +$ 921,404
2006 $09,594,995 $482,284 $10,822,785 +$ 764,551
2007 $10,762,256 $550,996 $12,459,317 +$ 636,523
2008 Not publically released as of today Aug 5,2008
What is even more amazing is the mere pittance of the total donations spent on the wounded veterans and their families, which Hannity claims is his sole reason for the concerts! Below is the per cent of public donations that were actually spent on the wounded and their families:
Year Total Revenues Actual Dollars spent on Actual Percent of total
the Wounded/Families revenues spent on Wounded
/Families
2003 $05,764,405 $088,000 0.015
2004 $09,136,830 $105,250 0.011
2005 $10,058,234 $295,285 0.029
2006 $10,822,785 $397,347 0.036
2007 $12,459,317 $895,347 0.071
Totals $48,241,571 $1,781,782 0.036
5 Year
yearly $ 9,648,315 $356,356 0.032
average
As little as of 3 cents on the dollar is being spent on the wounded and their families by Freedom Alliance, that's fu*king pathetic by any charities standards! Wonder what Freedom Alliance is spending the other almost 97 cents on?
So where does the $10,000,000 that was supposedly donated in 2007 from Freedom Concerts to Freedom Alliance show up in the 2007 totals,it doesn't? Where's the picture of Sean Hannity presenting a huge cardboard check for $10 million to Ollie North? Hannity is too vain and love with himself to pass up a scene like that!
As of today Aug 5 2009 Freedom Alliance's 2008 Form 990 has been released publically.