Difficult donors
When a Major Donor Crosses the Line
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You have been sent there to do a job and raise money for a cause you believe in. How much should you protest, given the greater good you are trying to do?
political donations
Saying “No” to Donor Demands Should Be a Core Competency
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“If we’re going to give a lot of money, we’ll make darn sure they spend it in a way that goes along with our intent. And if they make a wrong turn and start doing things we don’t agree with, we withdraw funding.”—David Koch
Difficult donors
Kraft’s Philanthropy Included Anti-Sex-Trafficking Nonprofit
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Robert Kraft’s alleged crimes spotlight national and global crises of human trafficking—and, unfortunately, colonized philanthropy.
fundraising ethics
Kleptocracy and Philanthropy: Viral Tainting among the Elite
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Len Blavatnik left Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, turning to philanthropy as a channel to respectability.
naming rights
Tainted Donors: San Francisco Mulls Stripping a Hospital of Zuckerberg Name
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Facebook’s repeated privacy violations and other scandals, such as hiring a PR firm to attack George Soros, are starting to give some donation recipients second thoughts about the wisdom of placing a “Chan” or “Zuckerberg” on their buildings.
rejecting funds
University Rejects Substantial Donor over Academic Autonomy
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Australian National University’s decision to consider and ultimately reject funding from the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has drawn ire from both sides, raising questions over what constitutes fundamental liberal arts studies and also what goes into maintaining donor relationships in a polarized environment.
Big Tobacco
Money or Mission? The Fight about Big Tobacco’s Philanthropy
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The International Labour Organization is facing pressure to cut ties with Big Tobacco, but advocates fear that they will once again reach a behind-the-scenes deal to continue receiving program funding from the industry. The partnership undermines the ILO’s principles and is as disingenuous to its supporters as it is disadvantageous to its workers.
returning donations
Keep, Return, or Regift? How to Cleanse Your Hands of Tainted Money
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There is a cleansing process for the money given by donors exposed by their misdeeds—some observe it, and some do not.
Scandals
When Contrived Charity Cloaks Depravity
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Jelani Cobb, a staff writer at the New Yorker, offers us something new to consider about this ugly story. “The great mystery of evil is not that it persists but, rather, that so many of its practitioners wish to do so while being thought of as saints.”
Hollywood giving
Weinstein Resigns from Robin Hood Board as Others Return His Donations
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One problem with having high-profile folks on your board or as donors is that their public personas sometimes go south in a very big and flashy way.