Lois Pope
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| Lois Pope | |
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| Born | June 7, 1933 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Residence | Delray Beach, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Philanthropist, |
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| www.LIFE-EDU.org | |
Lois Berrodin Pope (born June 7, 1933,[citation needed] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[citation needed] is an American philanthropists. She is the widow of National Enquirer founder Generoso Pope Jr.
Pope attended Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia,[citation needed] which later presented her with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in recognition of her philanthropic work.[citation needed]
In 1988, Pope's husband died of a heart attack at the age of 61. About a year after his death, and according to the terms of his will, the executors of his estate put the Enquirer and its sister publications up for sale. The company was bought in a closed auction by Macfadden Publishing and Boston Ventures partnership for $412 million.[citation needed]
The Lois Pope LIFE Foundation and its Lois Pope LIFE Center in Florida, is a neurological research facility.
Pope's charitable organizations have sponsored a clean-water project in Guatemala,[citation needed] grants to start summer camps for disadvantaged youths,[citation needed] programs to honor disabled veterans,[citation needed] and HealthCorps.[citation needed]
As a patron of the arts, Pope has supported the Florida Philharmonic, the Palm Beach Opera and the Montgomery Armory Arts Center.[citation needed]
Pope resides in Palm Beach County, Florida. She has four children. She has trained for and competed in five New York City Marathons.[1]
Recently it has come to the Public knowledge that Lois Pope and her Disabled Veteran Memorial Foundation may have questionable discrepancies with fundraising and allocation of expenses between confussing foundations using the term "LIFE". Please visit websites www.loispope.com and www.wheresthemoneylois.com. We find it disturbing that self proclaimed "Philanthropist" such as Lois continues to make millions on the backs of disabled American Veterans. If everyone is asked to "pay their fair share" then Lois has been skirting the system by using various tax-exempt foundations and mingling the funds (commonly called "cooking the charitable books"). Donors to the AVDLM Foundation should write their Congressmen and demand that there be an IRS investigation of this project and Pope's other foundations. There has not been any audited financials submitted since 2009 Please check CharityNavigator for Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation revenue, expenses and other important information. The official project financials for the past 10 years should be placed on the AVDLM website for all to see where the money has gone.
- ^ "About: Leaders in Furthering Education". Lois Pope Life Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060216053833/http://www.life-edu.org/about.html. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
