DENVER — Russell Wilson’s “Why Not You Foundation” issued a lengthy statement Wednesday after a USA TODAY Network report raised questions about the amount of money the organization actually donated compared to its overhead expenses and the amount of money it claims to have raised.
One part of the investigative series, which includes multiple stories outlining shortcomings among charities established by professional athletes, focuses on Wilson’s “Why Not You Foundation” and reports the organization, “spent almost $600,000 — or just 24.3 cents of every dollar — on charitable activities in 2020 and 2021 combined and nearly twice as much, $1.1 million, on salaries and employee benefits in that span, according to federal tax records.”
After the story was published the Why Not You Foundation published a lengthy letter on its website and social media channels from its CEO, Sahayla Tate.
