Current Events > billionaire Jeff Green *leaves Mormon church, & donates $600k to LGBTQ+ org

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*officially leaves

Jeff Green, reportedly one of the richest people from Utah, has officially left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is donating $600,000 to Equality Utah, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Equality Utah describes itself as, "Utah's Premier LGBTQ Civil Rights Organization."

In the letter dated Thursday and addressed to President Russell Nelson, Green explained that he unofficially left the church about a decade ago and has just recently, "requested the removal" of his records.
Green cited the church's wealth, and its "unhealthy paradigms around gender roles" as some of the reasons why he left.
"The church has been wealthy for many generations and yet doesn't do nearly as much as it could," Green said. "Given you claim to represent the will of God and act as a special witness of Jesus, the Mormon church should be doing more to help the world and its members with its wealth."
"I believe the Mormon church has hindered global progress in women's rights, civil rights and racial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights," the letter also read.
CNN has reached out to the church for comment.
Green is worth $5.2 billion according to Forbes. His company, The Trade Desk, of which he is CEO and chairman, had $836 million in revenue in 2020 according to Forbes. Ian Colley, the senior vice president of communications and editor in chief of The Trade Desk, confirmed in an email to CNN that Green is donating $600,000 to Equality Utah.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/jeff-green-mormon-church/index.html

Cool. But why not give at least an even million if you're worth 5.2 billion?

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so we like millionaires now?

Ooh, a good-ish billionaire. Truly a rare sight.

This is proportionally equivalent to an average guy with $100k in the bank donating $10.

Yeah that is crazy how wealthy the church is and how little they do to help people with it. What a great point by a guy with $5 billion giving away $600k lol. That's like me giving a homeless guy a penny, telling him to split it between the next 4 times I pass him on the street, and sending out a press release about it.

indica posted...

Cool. But why not give at least an even million if you're worth 5.2 billion?

Most likely tax reasons? It does seem to be a bit arbitrary

Heartomaton posted...

Ooh, a good-ish billionaire. Truly a rare sight.

All billionaires donate. This is nothing new lol.

nexigrams posted...

Yeah that is crazy how wealthy the church is and how little they do to help people with it. What a great point by a guy with $5 billion giving away $600k lol. That's like me giving a homeless guy a penny, telling him to split it between the next 4 times I pass him on the street, and sending out a press release about it.

Yeah, but unless you've actually given a homeless guy a penny, he's still given proportionately more of his wealth than you have. Those who donate nothing don't get to criticize other people for not donating enough. Just saying.

indica posted...

Cool. But why not give at least an even million if you're worth 5.2 billion?

That's a generous 0.0001153846% of his estimated valuation.

Crescente posted...

All billionaires donate. This is nothing new lol.

But, not all billionaires cut ties to an organization and then donate to a group that organization hates.

So because he has a lot of money, it will never be a good thing that he donated?

bnui_ransder posted...

So because he has a lot of money, it will never be a good thing that he donated?

imagine how much lobbying damage his billions of dollars helped him do in the past

thronedfire2 posted...

imagine how much lobbying damage his billions of dollars helped him do in the past

True but this is a free $600k that can help a lot of people

bnui_ransder posted...

So because he has a lot of money, it will never be a good thing that he donated?

People are jealous AF

bnui_ransder posted...

True but this is a free $600k that can help a lot of people

implying CE cares about helping people