The Washington football team is the charitable base that owner Daniel Snyder founded in 2014 for Native American communities.
Washington demonstrated on a Wednesday that it is ending its relationship with the Original Americans Foundation, which has a legal deal with the team and has long relied on it for funding.
The resolution comes four months after Washington removed the name of its former team, which had been criticized as insensitive or racist.
“As a component of our evolution into a franchise of the future, the Washington football team’s new control is reviewing our philanthropic strategy,” the team said in its statement. “As a component of this review, the Washington football team will be philanthropic and charitable paintings at their own foundation, and will no longer make contributions to the Original American Foundation. “
While the Original Americans Foundation is still technically active, according to state records, the team’s resolution leaves it well funded.
According to an audited currency received through USA TODAY Sports in July, the base reported a $528,000 gain in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2019, the maximum recent year for which records are publicly available. Team.
The base had also stopped giving way. According to the monetary state, it distributed $0 in grants to Native American motives in the same fiscal year.
Washington said Wednesday that in addition to ceasing its monetary contributions to the original American Foundation, it has asked the nonprofit to “remove any use of the Washington football team’s call, logo, or logo. “According to state records, the base recently replaced its call-up to The Washington Football Original Americans Foundation after being first incorporated as the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.
The Washington Post first reported the team’s resolution Wednesday from his article on allegations of harassment opposed to the foundation’s CEO, Gary Edwards, in 2014, who declined to comment on The Post.
Snyder announced the creation of the Original Americans With Bombing Foundation in 2014 amid ongoing complaints about the team’s name. He proposed the creation of the nonprofit as a sign of his commitment to helping Native American communities, a “significant and measurable resource” supply, and creating “real opportunities. “
Tax records show that the base distributed $3. 7 million to Native American reasons in its first year of existence, but a total of approximately $2. 5 million over the next 4 years, adding $0 in the fiscal year that covered the 2018 maximum.
The Washington football team said it would continue with Native American communities through the Washington Football Charitable Foundation, a separate nonprofit founded in 2000.
Contact Tom Schad at tschad@usatoday. com or on Twitter @Tom_Schad.