Reading and Resources
Business Related
David Radler
Paul Dunn, When a Donor Becomes Tainted, Nonprofit Quarterly, March 21, 2010
Martin Shrekli
Homeless Charity to Return Donation by Notorious Entrepreneur Martin Shrekli, The Guardian, December 18, 2015
Alfred Tauban
Alfred Tauban, Billionaire Convicted of Price Fixing, Dies at 91, The Washington Post, April 17, 2015
Sex Related
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby’s Image as Generous Philanthropist Falls under Shadow of Sexual Assault Allegations, Fox News, December 1, 2015
Harvey Weinstein
Ruth McCambridge, Weinstein Resigns from Robin Hood Board as Others Return His Donations, Nonprofit Quarterly, October 11, 2017
Jeffrey Epstein
Russ Choma, MIT Tried to Cover Up Donations from Jeffrey Epstein, Mother Jones, September 7, 2019
Race Related
John Schnatter
Courtney Han, Purdue University Removes John Schnatter Name from Building, Offers to Return $8 Million Donation, ABC News, August 5, 2018
Donald Sterling
Larry Gordon, UCLA Cancels $3-million Research Gift from Sterling Foundation, Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2014
Business and the public interest
Sackler Family
Elizabeth A. Harris, The Met Will Turn Down Sackler Money among Fury over Opioid Crisis, New York Times, May 15, 2019
Other misconduct and crimes
John Eleuthère du Pont (murder conviction)
John F. Bonfatti, Villanova Mum on Renaming Pavilion du Pont Promised to Fund but Didn’t, AP News, February 3, 1996
Bill and Nancy Laurie (academic misconduct)
Stephanie Simon, Benefactors Find Scandal Gave New Arena a Bad Name, Chicago Tribune, November 25, 2004
Lance Armstrong (athletic misconduct)
Brent Schrotenbauer, Livestrong Adjusts to Life Without Lance Armstrong, USA Today, May 4, 2016.
