Since its inception two years ago, the MrBallen Foundation has given away over $1 million to support victims of violent crimes and their families.
For those who don’t know him, MrBallen (aka John Allen) is a former Navy Seal who’s told hundreds of “strange, dark, and mysterious” stories on YouTube since 2020, most of them either known to be true–like the many murders and disappearances he’s covered–or based on eyewitness accounts from reputable sources.
In 2022, Allen founded the MrBallen Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that awards honor grants of up to $25,000 to organizations supporting victims of violent crimes and their families.
The foundation just announced that to date, it has supported 25 organizations, giving them a collective $714,000. It more than tripled the amount of grants it awarded year over yearr, giving grants to seven organizations in 2022, and 18 in 2023.
Organizations that have received MrBallen Foundation grants include the Love>hate Project,...
For those who don’t know him, MrBallen (aka John Allen) is a former Navy Seal who’s told hundreds of “strange, dark, and mysterious” stories on YouTube since 2020, most of them either known to be true–like the many murders and disappearances he’s covered–or based on eyewitness accounts from reputable sources.
In 2022, Allen founded the MrBallen Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that awards honor grants of up to $25,000 to organizations supporting victims of violent crimes and their families.
The foundation just announced that to date, it has supported 25 organizations, giving them a collective $714,000. It more than tripled the amount of grants it awarded year over yearr, giving grants to seven organizations in 2022, and 18 in 2023.
Organizations that have received MrBallen Foundation grants include the Love>hate Project,...
- 2/5/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube storyteller and true crime podcast host MrBallen has founded a nonprofit “dedicated to honoring victims and supporting families affected by heinous crimes through education, training and financial support.” MrBallen (aka John Allen) is a former Navy Seal who’s told hundreds of stories on YouTube since 2020, most of them either known to be true—like […]
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- 7/8/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
We all would like to believe that we have that someone special to look up to for guidance and direction. From time to time we practice the art of worship for the mentor that appears larger than life to us. Whether our designated mentors that we choose to follow are inspirational or insidious it does not matter because that yearning to follow in their footsteps are so great that we blindly give anything to replicate that original blueprint.
Maybe if one dreams of being a famous astronaut you designate Neii Armstrong or John Glenn as your mentoring heroes? Perhaps your foray into film criticism was ignited by Judith Crist, Vincent Canby or Siskel & Ebert? How about emulating your favorite actor or singer and following their paths to success?
In Follow My Lead: Top Ten Mentors in the Movies we will look at some movie characters that served as mentors to...
Maybe if one dreams of being a famous astronaut you designate Neii Armstrong or John Glenn as your mentoring heroes? Perhaps your foray into film criticism was ignited by Judith Crist, Vincent Canby or Siskel & Ebert? How about emulating your favorite actor or singer and following their paths to success?
In Follow My Lead: Top Ten Mentors in the Movies we will look at some movie characters that served as mentors to...
- 3/6/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
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