I am occasionally asked where my donations go.

One of the things I have done for many decades is to gift directly to individuals. Indeed, I believe the practice saved my life. In 1997, when I was targeted, I had loaned or given $250,000 to family and friends over the years. As things turned out, my family and friends paid back, gifted and loaned to me approximately $250,000 between 1997 and 2006. This was a source of funding that the powers that be could not shut down.

I had also given a significant additional amount of money to fund the education of a number of children in my family. The equivalent of those funds never came back and the family never said thank you.

So give to people, but try to stick to people who care about other people and will pay it forward when and if they can.