Kanye West's Charity Shuts Down For Unspecified Reasons

By Boombox Editors Posted Apr 20th 2011 02:22PM

Kanye West's charity is no more, according to The Boombox. The Kanye West Foundation, which was intended to prevent teens from dropping out of high school, has suddenly closed without reason, four years after its establishment.

The news was made public after former executive director Joseph Collins sent an email to associates stating that he was out of a job and that the phone had been disconnected at headquarters.

"I am reaching out to let you know that the Kanye West Foundation has officially closed it doors after a successful 4+ years of programming and events [sic]," he wrote. "It has been an incredible experience working with Kanye and the board to realize his mother's vision and I am honored to have been given the opportunity to lead the Foundation."

According to reports, West did not actually fund the establishment himself. Filing its taxes as if it were a private charity, the foundation reached out to corporations with whom West does business. Madison Square Garden donated $151,754 to the organization, while clothing shingle Karmaloop shelled out $20,000 to 'Ye. In total, the charity raised an average of $492,000 each year.

The foundation's site, which is yet to be taken down, explains that the mission of the organization is to "help combat the severe dropout problem in schools across the United States by partnering with community organizations to provide under-served youth access to music production programs."

The 2007 death of its founder and West's mother, Donda West, may have contributed to the program's cancellation, though an explanation is still pending.

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Wednesday 20 April

By gabrielle

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so you are saying, the program for dropouts is a dropout?

By foofoopower

TAYLOR SWIFT SAYS IT THE BEST, YOU'RE JUST MEAN!

Thursday 21 April

By Red afro in my pants.

Why do they call black people 'monkeys' this one looks like a chipmunk. Look at them jouls.

By Rosi

hate the no count bastardo, wouldn't give a nickle to any of his charities no matter the cause....he's the nastiest hoe-grinding drunk ever, just look at his ugly face and you see the heart doesn't mean well..........

By Ralph

Sick American Celebrity F

By raidrmik67

He didn't actually contribute himself? Gee, no wonder it failed! It was a charity in his NAME only, what a joke.

By Hawk

My guess is there was some financial misdealings going on and Kanye and his business people are shutting things down to avoid publicity.

By tee tee's real name is david duke

Tee Tee is a filthy diseased white racist who pretends to be black.
His flesh looks like ham bologna, Uncooked Bacon aka pig skin, and he loves to eat raw bloody meat but he calls it rare.

BTW, MOST PEOPLE ON WELFARE ARE POOR WHITE TRASH LIKE THE TRASH FOUND IN THE DISEASED INFESTED TEA PARTY.

Friday 22 April

By Cole

While the majoruty of people on welfare are white, as a percentage of the whole, more blacks, as a ratio, are on welfare than any other race. FACT!!!

By White

I will be right back In have to go Tee Tee!

By djd

Here's whaz up! 99.99% of monies donated to African Blacks in Africa are given charity and sponsored by white people. African black children are adopted by white people but you will not see blacks in the picture for any thing? I guess the excuse is off to a Booty call.

Kanyan you're embarasing your race and bringing it down! You're unable to think with a humble mind and that's what people see in you.

PS. What really happened to your sham? Was the money being used to party on. Was your contribution 8% to chariety and 92% in the pocked. Maybe the IRS was knocking at the door. party, party, party,

By junelee

Stick a fork in him - he's done................

By cole

Sorry, missed key stroke, not a mispelling. The u and the i are adjacent to one another. (That means next to)

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