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Jeffrey Epstein coordinating $10K donation to IFP Gotham Awards via shell foundation

The email chain reveals Epstein (using the alias "jeffrey E.") arranging a $10,000 contribution to the Independent Filmmaker Project's Gotham Awards, routed through a U.S. Virgin Islands entity (Grati Epstein offers $10K donation for "chairs" (seating) at the Gotham Awards, requesting three seats for Donation is to be made through "Gratitude America Ltd.," a U.S. Virgin Islands address, suggesting

Date
November 11, 2025
Source
House Oversight
Reference
House Oversight #031320
Pages
2
Persons
5
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The email chain reveals Epstein (using the alias "jeffrey E.") arranging a $10,000 contribution to the Independent Filmmaker Project's Gotham Awards, routed through a U.S. Virgin Islands entity (Grati Epstein offers $10K donation for "chairs" (seating) at the Gotham Awards, requesting three seats for Donation is to be made through "Gratitude America Ltd.," a U.S. Virgin Islands address, suggesting

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From: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Sent: 11/21/2017 1:44:04 PM To: Richard Kahn Subject: Re: 2017 IFP Gotham Awards gratitude On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Richard Kahn < > wrote: is gratitude paying for IFP or peggy? please advise thank you Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10022 tel fax_________________ cell Begin forwarded message: From: Steven Pfeiffer <_________________ Subject: Re: 2017 IFP Gotham Awards Date: November 20, 2017 at 8:48:00 PM EST To: Richard Kahn < Hi Richard - I certainly will. But perhaps you can clarify something for me before I put all this together for the donation. Jeffrey Epstein had asked to submit the letter and invoice to Peggy Siegal instead, and she had supplied different information than below. Please advice how best to proceed. Best, Steven Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2017, at 8:33 PM, Richard Kahn > wrote: please send info tomorrow as i will be out the remainder of the week thank you Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10022 tel fax cell On Nov 17, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Steven Pfeiffer , wrote: Dear Richard, Thanks so much for providing this information. I'm offsite today at the ceremony venue, but I will be sure to send everything over to you via email on Monday. 1 Best regards, Steven Sent from my iPhone On Nov 17, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Richard Kahn < > wrote: The foundation that will be making this contribution is: Gratitude America Ltd. 6100 Red Hook Quarter, B3 St Thomas, USVI 00802 please send all correspondence including invoice to me via email thank you Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10022 tel fax cell On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Steven Pfeiffer <_ wrote: Hi Jeffrey — 1). Sounds good. Thanks so much for confirming. If you or someone in your office could provide the information below, I can send along an invoice and contribution letter for your $10K donation toward the chairs. COMPANY NAME (if applicable): CONTACT NAME: ADDRESS LINE 1: ADDRESS LINE 2: Many thanks. Best, Steven Steven Pfeiffer Associate Director, Development Independent Filmmaker Project Made in NY Media Center by IFP 30 John Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 p:_____________________ www.ifp.org <image001.png> From: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 3:26 PM To: Steven Pfeiffer , Peggy Siegal Richard Kahn Subject: Re: 2017 IFP Gotham Awards happy to buy your 10k of chairs and will need me plus 3 seats. On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Steven Pfeiffer wrote: Hello Jeffrey — I hope all is well with you. As per Peggy Siegal's office, I have included here the invitation to the IFP Gotham Awards ceremony, which will be held on Monday, November 27 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. This year's ceremony is going to be another successful event. We couldn't be more thrilled with this year's impressive group of Tributees. The Actress Tribute will go to Nicole Kidman and the Actor Tribute to Dustin Hoffman. The Director Tribute will be given to Sofia Coppola, with the Cinematographer Tribute going to Ed Lachman. With the Industry Tribute, we will be honoring Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions. And we simply couldn't be more pleased to honor Vice President Al Gore with this year's special Humanitarian Tribute. With nominees this year ranging from Willem Dafoe, Adam Sandler and Robert Pattison to Margot Robbie, Lois Smith and Mary J. Blige, this year's ceremony looks to be the most star studded ever. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Steven Steven Pfeiffer Associate Director, Development Independent Filmmaker Project Made in NY Media Center by IFP 30 John Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 p: www.ifp.org <image002.png> please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved

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