The movie company that pays the groundskeeper for Barbara Streisand's $20 million mansion received $200,000 in PPP funds meant to help small businesses write off payroll, The Post has learned. Ta.
The billionaire star's Burwood Films received a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2020 and 2021, before having the loan canceled by the federal government.
Among the workers paid through Burwood Films in 2020 and 2021 are a gardener and an “executive” in charge of the gardens of his $20 million Malibu cliff-top home (where the company is registered). There were also support employees.
A spokeswoman for Ms Streisand insisted that her gardener was not paid with taxpayer funds. The paper confirmed that the groundskeeper was employed by Burwood Films at a time when public funds were being used to pay salaries.
Streisand, 81, is worth $430 million. According to Forbes. Although she has long been known for her lavish lifestyle, There is a replica antique shopping mall. At home on a cliff in Malibu.
The mall is located in the basement of an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion that is itself valued at at least $20 million and whose gardens are described as an “idyllic oasis.” house and garden. There are 3,000 roses alone.
Her English-style gardens and manicured lawns are widely featured on her Instagram. That includes the lovingly tended graveyard of Samantha's beloved pet, Coton de Tulear, who passed away in 2017 and Samantha cloned her, Miss Violet and Miss・I received Scarlet.
In 2020, Streisand's production company was certified as a “small business,” a taxpayer-funded program aimed at preventing mass unemployment by keeping small businesses afloat.
On April 7, 2020, four days after the Small Business Administration opened loan applications for the program, Burwood Film was approved for a $103,662 loan for six employees.
Six days later, Streisand tweeted her anger at the then-president. President Trump took stock of his response to the coronavirus crisis, saying the money spent on border wall construction should be spent on “testing, ventilators, and personal protective equipment for health care workers.”
The following year, her film company received $103,127 to keep six people off their payroll.
Businesses that spent at least 60% of their PPP checks on payroll and did not reduce employee pay can apply for loan forgiveness along with any accrued interest.
Burwood Films did this, resulting in a profit of $209,069 from the taxpayer-funded bailout. PPP recipients can spend up to 40% on utilities, essential supplies, protective equipment, and rent.
Nearly all PPP loans have been forgiven, and the SBA has written off $762 billion of the $793 billion outstanding.
At the time of the loan, one Burwood employee listed her job as “management support,” a role she previously held for Bette Midler. Former Burwood employees from years before the pandemic detailed that their duties were Streisand's “personal business.”
Burwood, who produced films such as A Star Is Born in 1976, Yentl in 1983, and Prince of Tides in 1991, last Produced “Barbra: The Music, The Memoir, The Magic”” 2017.
Since then, Streisand has released new albums and released her best-selling memoir, My Name is Barbra, in 2022.
Public records show Burwood is listed in the office of fund manager Lester Knispel, who is also the deputy executive director of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
His Boulevard Management manages funds for members of the Kardashian family and Sylvester Stallone, among others. His calls and emails to Boulevard Management were not returned.
