Oh and here's some other corporations that got money.
"The ESDC's use of the number-of-employees standard allowed Ford Models to be seen as small and collect a $100,000 grant because it reported just 65 employees on its application. But Ford's annual revenues of $19.9 million at its New York office put it far above the federal mark of $6 million for talent agencies to be considered small.
Nine months after receiving the grant, Ford's annual Supermodel of the World contest awarded a $250,000 contract to Dari Maximova, an 18-year-old from Germany. The third-place contestant was given a $100,000 contract — the same amount the ESDC awarded the Ford agency under the 9/11 program.
A grant application filed by the owner of an office building at 140 Broadway listed 16 employees and $29 million in annual revenues, way over the federal revenue cap of $6 million for that sector. Plus, the entity that received the grant — MSDW 140 Broadway Property, LLC — belongs to Morgan Stanley, the investment powerhouse that owns the Discover Card and has annual revenues of $7 billion and 53,218 employees.
The ESDC awarded this Morgan Stanley subsidiary a $300,000 BRG. Larry Silverstein's company, which held a 99-year lease on the twin towers and stands to collect as much as $4.65 billion in insurance, was awarded two BRGs totaling $82,031 on 120 Wall St. and 120 Broadway.
Two subsidiaries of The Rockefeller Group, the original developer of Rockefeller Center, also looked like small businesses under the ESDC's rules. They reported three employees each and received grants totaling $234,397.
The Rockefeller Group, which acknowledged receipt of the grants but declined comment, is even bigger than its name suggests. It is wholly owned by the Japan-based Mitsubishi Estate Group, one of the largest real estate companies in the world"
Donald Trump Took $150K from the 9/11 Small Business Fund?
