Kony 2012: Jedidiah Jenkins Of Invisible Children Jokes About Pocketing $900,000 (VIDEO)

First, it was the incriminating video of Jason Russell. Now, unbecoming footage of another one of Invisible Children's charity directors has surfaced.

TMZ obtained a clip of Jedidiah Jenkins, Invisible Children Director of Ideology, talking in slurred speech about how "rad" it was that he collected $1 million. It was apparently shot in 2010 after Invisible Children won the cash in the Chase Community Giving Facebook competition.

“Here’s $100,000 for Haiti and $900,000 extra for me. Get on the bandwagon,” Jenkins says in the video.

Jenkins tells RumorFix exclusively that he's unfazed by the video and that the vodka bottle was "clearly filled with water."

“TMZ can’t ruin my reputation,” he laughed. “I’m not worried.”

He says the video was created for a co-worker who was out of town when they won the prize and that the organization donated the money to fund education in northern Uganda.

“I was joking. It was made for my co-worker who was out of town when we won the prize. I made it for her to make her laugh and let her know we were thinking of her in the office. It’s hilarious that anyone would think it anything other than a joke. I mean, who can drink that much Vodka? Definitely not me. I’d die. It’s clearly water. I’m not gonna apologize for being a human that jokes with his friends. I’m just sad that bottom feeders like TMZ get pay checks for manufacturing controversy in real people’s lives.”

It's not the first time that the organization behind the viral "Kony 2012" video has been criticized for its questionable spending.

According to Invisible Children's most recent budget report, it took in $13.8 million last year and spent $8.9 million. Of that, $3.3 million funded programs in Central Africa and the rest was spent on marketing, management, general expenses, media and "awareness products."

But the charity defended its spending strategy, saying that getting the word out is key in activating citizens.

"We've never pretended all the money goes to the ground, because we don't believe that's the best use," Jenkins told CBS. "The best use is spreading the word and then doing the highest-impact programs possible on the ground."

CORRECTION: An earlier version of the headline said Jenkins pocketed millions.

Comments

[T.P. Allen]

03:23 AM on 04/07/2012

This "exposé" is really quite shallow and silly. I did not realize that TMZ is so committed to “political correctness.” Jedediah Jenkins perseveres by occasionally “spoofing” himself and the great work to which he is tirelessly dedicated. To any reader or viewer who "doesn't get it," I simply say that you must know (and love) Jed, the gravity of his work, the base of the pyramid who he so genuinely loves and serves, and his creativity and inimitable humor. "If you are not crying, you are not paying attention,... OR you are joining Jedediah Jenkins for an occasional, desperately needed break from the realities of our broken world."
As for Kony2012, he acomplished EXACTLY what he set out to do. Shall we set our sights on Jed or Kony?

[damonwhite]

06:45 AM on 04/02/2012

Immaturity is a terrible thing to waste on those past the age of 12...where is the dignity from our leaders? Bush thought is was ok to flip off the camera before he went on the air...the World's problems are too serious to be left to the immature who can't be serious over and above all else and solve the problems...its just a joke is never an excuse to be immature...dmw

[Verriderrti]

11:20 PM on 03/29/2012

It was a very bad joke......lesson? Poor choices have bad consequences.

[BlueStateCO]

10:15 PM on 03/29/2012

I saw a van a few days ago with 'Invisible Children' printed on the back with decal lettering. A huge, windowless van....kinda creepy. But this looks like a joke to me.

[pcpc]

09:44 PM on 03/29/2012

"Invisible Children", the name says it all.

[whitenights]

09:34 PM on 03/29/2012

OK. When is SNL going to make fun of this video and IC's lies? They must be dying because there is so much they can do!!!!

[funnymyeye]

08:55 PM on 03/29/2012

Invisible Child refunded my friend's donation. I wonder how many people have asked for a refund.

[theXepicXturtle]

07:38 PM on 03/29/2012

Nobody would have donated had they did research on this organization. Unfortunately that documentary used such emotionally manipulative propaganda that the average hipster kid probably threw their money at the screen the moment it ended while bathing in tears.

[General Public]

07:09 PM on 03/29/2012

What a wonderful fake charity Invisible Children is! I should donate some fake monopoly money to them so they can pretend to spend it in Africa while they actually pocket it all themselves! Then they can use the fake monopoly money to buy Park Place and Boardwalk and put hotels on them!

[Isapisa]

06:16 PM on 03/29/2012

well, it is not funny at all!

[Theb5mcnab]

05:10 PM on 03/29/2012

video of a their naked CEO beating the pavement a week ago, now a video surfaces of the director of ideology jokingly saying, “Here’s $100,000 for Haiti and $900,000 extra for me. Get on the bandwagon,”

hmmm... I wonder why people think this is scam????

[Post31]

05:43 AM on 03/29/2012

Oh pyramid scheme, look how you have grown and changed.

[escholar]

04:29 AM on 03/29/2012

Knony Pretext -
Can the Kony con go on after this? Will people look beyond Kony and see the real reasons behind the sudden US interest in Africa?

- http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29919

[Virtual Deux]

05:41 AM on 03/29/2012

That sir, was an interesting read and a nice find.

[escholar]

07:42 AM on 03/29/2012

Thanks for the compliment. As evil as Kony and his LRA are, they are not the whole story. Indeed, Kony must be stopped, but the Uganda and Central Africa story, did not start with Kony nor will it end with the death or capture of Kony.
This is a far more complicated story, that needs to be fully understood for what it really is, as opposed to what the corporate media would have us believe.

[Colonel Angus]

07:53 PM on 03/29/2012

Thank you for the link! Interesting read!

[MrGovtCheese]

04:15 AM on 03/29/2012

These guys aren't doing themselves, or their charity, any favors. That's for sure.

[Andy Kidd]

04:14 AM on 03/29/2012

Modern Day Grifters