Another day, another apparently badly run celebrity foundation. The Chicago Tribune reported earlier this month that the Bernie Mac Foundation, established by the comedy star before his death to help fellow sufferers of sarcoidosis, has directed only 13 percent of its spending to charitable programs from 2007 through 2012. A large portion of the funds appears to have gone to firms associated with the lawyer who is the Foundation’s Treasurer, as well as for salaries paid to the two sisters of Bernie Mac’s widow, who serves as the volunteer President of the Foundation. While the Foundation’s board originally had a number of unrelated members, specifically four doctors, they left the board shortly after Bernie Mac’s death in 2008.
Lloyd Mayer
