Jirard is a YouTuber who runs a channel known as the Completionist, where he plays games to 100% completion and reviews them based on how enjoyable the experience was.

The Open Hand Foundation, which was co-founded by Jirard in 2014, was set up to raise money for dementia charities after his dementia-stricken mother passed away. However, their yearly filings with the IRS suggest that none of this money has been donated to charity.

Jacque (Jirard's brother) responded to Karl's emails to the Open Hand Foundation claiming that they are still searching for the correct charity to partner with and disburse these funds, whereas Jirard claimed that he was only aware that none of the funds had gone out last year, yet is still openly promoting Open Hand on stream and claiming they support the UCSF, Alzheimer's Association, the AFTD and many other charities.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the same time, Mutahar and Karl are very well respected content creators who do their research. They wouldn't drop a bombshell like this if they didn't have good sources.

I too will wait to see how Jirard responds.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Muta is.....not very well respected. His reputation is more of an SEO opportunist.