Here’s an inside look into Paul Walker‘s charity, Reach Out Worldwide.
Like it or not, Paul Walker’s death is the main reason why Furious 7 sold so many movie tickets and turn it into a billion dollar franchise. But, according to a NYPost report, Paul Walker’s charity only received 0.7% of Fast and Furious sales.
You may recall that Universal Pictures had promised to donate a “portion” of their DVD and Blu-Ray sales for Fast & Furious 6 to Paul Walker’s Reach Out Worldwide nonprofit in 2014. That portion turned out to only be $1 million, which is less than 1% of all total earnings.
Paul Walker died nearly three years ago with his friend Roger Rodas. Paul Walker, who was only 40 years old, was a passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT as the duo left a Reach Out Worldwide event in California in order to raise money for the victims of the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Paul Walker founded his charity in 2010 to help the victims of natural disasters. But, donations came few and far between. In fact, Donations to Reach Out Worldwide totaled under $20,000 in 2010. And, his charity never made more than $700,000 before his death. The biggest donation came after Always Evolving auto dealership owned by Paul Walker and friend Rodas, donated $607,766 worth of stock.
But, after his death, donations skyrocketed. In 2014, the charity took in $1.9 million from various organizations and people including Universal and the company that produced the Fast & Furious 6 video game.
However, Reach Out Worldwide’s charity only gave $81,269 to the victims of tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma and the typhoon in the Philippines, according to their tax records.
According to the NYPost, the group said they were satisfied with Universal’s contribution. He said the group also spent $109,222 in addition to the $81,269 in 2014, “boots on the ground deployments to disaster zones.”
Source: NYPost
