Kanye West Charity Spends Half a Million Dollars and Donates Nothing

Hip-hop star Kanye West's charity managed to spend more than half a million dollars in 2010 without making a single donation to a good cause.

Analysis of the Kanye West Foundations test filings by The Daily wesbite revealed that the charity, which aimed to reduce high-school dropout rates, spent $572,383 (£364,207) on assorted expenses.

The foundation, which was closed down last year after failing to balance its books, made $0 in grants and contributions.

According to the tax filings, $339,839 was spent on wages and benefits, with a further $111,250 spent on "professional fees".

Travel expenses accounted for $48,385, with $56,920 labelled as "other expenses".

The charity's Loop Dreams initiative, which aimed to teach children about music production, was the the only programme listed by the foundation as a direct charitable activity.

West made significant donations to the charity from his own pocket, handing over nearly $90,000 in 2010.

The foundation made total grants averaging around $18,080 over 2007, 2008 and 2009, with donations tailing off to just $563 in 2009 as the foundation struggled financially.

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West's management would not comment, while the foundation's former executive director Joseph Collins said only that the charity was "in the process of being dissolved".

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