The Times Up, an organization founded to fight sexual harassment in the workplace in the wake of the #MeToo movement, spent a large portion of its donations on legal aid to help victims in its first year, records show.
Tax filings show that the organization, founded by Hollywood celebrities and made up of the then Up Foundation and Up Now Inc., raised 6,670,219 in 2018 in the first year of its operation.
However, less than 10% has been spent to help women who have experienced sexual harassment.
The filings show that 2,312,001 were spent on legal defense funds, while 40,407,032 were spent on salaries.
And more than 7,157,000 were spent on the conference of luxury resorts, and a further 58,395 d95 were spent on travel.
The organization held positions on its board with Reese Witherspoon, Amy Schumer and Brie Larson in the early days of its operation.
Tax filings reveal that the Times Up organization contributed in the first year of operation in 2018 but 3,121,427, but behind the salary but spent 1,407,032 and spent સહાય 312,001 helping the victims.
The Times Up is a movement against sexual harassment and was founded on January 1, 2018, by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and the #MeToo movement.
Tax filings now detail Apna’s mission: ‘Promoting safe, fair and dignified work for all types of women. We work to ensure that women are free from harassment and other forms of discrimination at work, have equal access to economic security and can achieve the highest levels of power wherever they work. ‘
But huge sums were spent on executive salaries instead of legal support.
Lisa Borders was hired as head of the Times Up, but only stayed at the organization for four months after her 36-year-old son was accused of sexual misconduct.
Still, the CEO managed to pull in 34 342,308 for his salary.
The Chief Marketing Officer, Rachel Terrace, pulled a salary of 29 5,295,000 for her efforts during the organization’s first year.
And Treasurer Rebecca Goldman pulled out a salary of 255,327.
Lisa Borders, left, was hired as head of the Times Up, but spent only four months in the organization after her 36-year-old son was accused of sexual misconduct. He drew 2,342,308 for his salary. Chief Marketing, Fischer, Rachel Terrace, right, also managed to pull a salary of 5 5,295,000 for her efforts during the organization’s first year
The tax filings detail how ‘3,000 individuals’ were assisted by the Time Up Legal Defense Fund between January and June 2018 at a cost of $ 1,747,635.
But most of the money from the defense fund came from a grant to the Women’s Law Center, according to the New York Post.
Only a small portion came from the Time Up Foundation, along with the Times Up Foundation, which donated 2 132,575 to the fund and Times Up Now, the charity’s lobbying end, donated 17 179,426.
Aside from executive compensation, tax filings show that Times Up Now, which is the organization’s lobbying arm, spent $ 157,155 on conferences designed to build communities and initiate critical conversations about gender equity.
These conferences include a retreat to a luxury resort and spa in Oza in June 2018 in which the room for the night costs upwards of 400-a-night.
Pictured in June 2018, the retreat at the luxury resort and spa in Ojai includes these conventions, where the room for the night costs over 400-a-night.
Despite being in existence for six months, participants in the conflict struggled to decide what the organization’s mission statement should be, according to an attendee speaking to the New York Post at the convention.
It later changed from ‘Let’s clean up Hollywood’ to ‘We’ll help all the workers.’
In addition to the country’s valuable conferences, the organization retracted details of its tax filings on how it spent 28 8,288,007 on advertising and 9 40,940,328 on legal expenses.
A large portion of it – 19,719,522 – went to Arnold and Porter Kaye Schuler, frequently lobbying for a law firm or Capitol Hill.
A total of 2,112,435 were awarded to public relations company Rally, according to the tax filing.
An email seeking comment on the Times Up has not yet been returned.
Nearly ડો 1 million was spent on legal fees from global law enforcement agencies with strong lobbying hands on Capitol Hill, while more than 000 100,000 was paid to public relations firms.
The Times Up, based in California, was formed in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal in 2017, in which journalist and activist Gloria Steinum and actresses Jessica Chestin, Roseanne Arquette and Mira Sorvino were seen speaking.
Sorvino, who now sits on the Times Up Global Leadership Board, details how Weinstein sexually harassed her in a hotel room in 1995.
She helped provoke the Me Too movement, along with actress Alyssa Milano, who tweeted urging women to speak out if they had been sexually assaulted.
Famous names, including actress Jessica Chastain, left, and Mira Sorvino, who detailed how she was abused by Weinstein in a hotel room in 1995, spoke in support of the organization.
Actress Alyssa Milano’s tweet, in the picture, in which women have been sexually assaulted, urged them to speak out if they have provoked the Me Too Movement.
Thousands of women responded to ‘Me Too’ in the tweet, capturing the spirit of the movement
Meanwhile, Oprah’s crying voice at the Golden Globes in January 2018 gave her an impressive speech, from which the name Time Up was heard.
‘For a very long time, women have not been heard or believed if they would dare to speak their truth for the power of men. But, their time is up. His time is up. His time is up. ‘
It allowed thousands of women to share details of the timing of the sexual harassment.
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