Charities say they never got the donations Jeffrey Epstein claims he made, according to an NBCNews review of public records and interviews with officials at the institutions named as recipients of his gifts.
But some of the alleged recipients of Epstein's donations said they had not received any donations or they disputed the size of his gifts. In addition, the Chronicle of Philanthropy keeps a running database from 2006 of major gifts more than a million dollars and has no record of any gifts from Epstein, according to staff writer Maria DiMento.
Other organizations that said they had no record of a donation included Duke University, Ohio State University and the Metropolitan Opera. The Elton John AIDS Foundation said it had not received a donation, but Gratitude America's filings show a donation. Two other groups listed as getting contributions between 2010 and 2012, Harvard University and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, said they had received gifts, but not in that time frame.
Epstein's 2019 donation to the group was for a bicycle fundraiser. Epstein sponsored at least one rider. Tami Caesar, chief financial and operations officer for the society, said via email,"It is our policy not to return donations that were solicited by an event participant. The Society will not knowingly accept funds from Mr. Epstein in the future, as it is known he is under a criminal investigation.
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