Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre's charity, Favre 4 Hope, donated more than $130,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation from 2018 to 2020, according to tax records obtained by ESPN on Wednesday.
During this same period, Favre was trying to raise money for a new volleyball stadium at the university, where he played football and his daughter was on the volleyball team.
Funds for that stadium are under scrutiny in the largest public fraud case in Mississippi state history. Favre 4 Hope, whose mission statement says it provides support «for disadvantaged and disabled children and breast cancer patients,» receives public donations.
Tax records show that in 2018, the foundation gave the USM Athletic Foundation $60,000. Every other organization received $10,000.