The Fund

The Sherry Chen Legal Defense Fund

The Sherry Chen Legal Defense Fund is created to pay all legal fees and expenses related to the legal representation of Ms. Sherry Chen, and any other legal fees and expenses that have arisen or may arise in any judicial, civil, criminal, administrative, state, Federal, or Congressional inquiries or proceedings which arise from or are in any way connected to the same facts and circumstances as the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the federal criminal case. Upon termination of the Trust, all remaining funds will be donated to one or more worthy charities.

Trustee

Dr. Jeremy S. Wu is a retired federal official, having served in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and Commerce. He is a member of the Committee of 100 and the Cosmos Club. He lives in McLean, Virginia.

Treasurer

Ms. Monica Yeung Arima is an enthusiastic community volunteer of many interests. She is a member of the Palo Alto Chinese Community, Kiwanis, OCA, APAPA, Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers History project, UBC, UCA, FILOLI, Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services, Candidate Campaign and many others. She received the 2016 Palo Alto Community Partnership Award.

Webmaster

Wenkui "Vincent" Wang is an active volunteer for local community and nonprofit organizations. He is the founding chair of Ohio Chinese American Association (OCAA), founding chair of Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA)'s Ohio chapter, and a volunteer robotics coach and judge for First Lego League (FLL). He believes in the idea that to be served, one has to serve others first.

Financial Records for The Fund

The Sherry Chen Legal Defense Fund (The Fund) accepts U.S. currency donations in the form of check, PayPal, wire transfers, and authorized crowd-funding sources such as YouCaring for the purposes stated at the top of this webpage. Cash is not accepted. A written receipt is issued when an electronic receipt is not in place.

Anonymous donations are accepted, and the identity of donors will remain confidential in accordance to our Privacy Policy.

All donations are considered gifts and are not tax-deductible. Donors should consult their own tax advisors regarding potential gift tax consequences. All contributions are final - The Fund is unable to process refunds.

Revenues for The Fund have been donations and interest earned from bank accounts.

Expenses for The Fund have been legal fees such as billable attorney hours, pass-through legal costs such as travel and transcript costs, and service costs such as website hosting services and PayPal charges. The Trustee, Treasurer and Webmaster for The Fund are volunteers; they do not receive salary or any form of compensation for their services.

The Fund prepares a monthly Revenue and Expense report according to common accounting practices. These monthly reports are subject to independent audits.

If there are questions, please contact the Sherry Chen Legal Defense Fund at dfundschen2016@gmail.com.