Think Progress finds that the $262,500 she made last year from the Candie's Foundation was seven times the amount it actually spent on teen pregnancy prevention:
Notably, Bristol’s Candies Foundation group is run by Neil Cole, an executive at the teenage clothing company Iconix Brand Group. Many critics have pointed out that the Candie’s Foundation appears to be geared towards improving the public image of Cole’s company rather than reducing teen pregnancy.
James Joyner doesn't blame Bristol:
[T]hat’s not in any way Bristol Palin’s responsibility. There’s no reason she would have any clue how they disbursed their funds. But it’s yet another object lesson in the inadvisability of donating to “charities” endorsed by celebrities without thorough research.
Agreed, partly. But the way in which the Palin family has gone after money from the get-go, like a Dyson after dog-hair, is, well, the kind of thing we have come to expect from that family.
The Dish 