Organizations wrestle with returning or keeping (and then defending) donations made by the disgraced financier—if the money was received at all.
July 10 it has no plans to return the money, and the school’s Hasty Pudding Institute, which received $50,000 from Epstein, has not commented publicly. Two other academic institutions, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona Foundation, which received $150,000 and $50,000 respectively, did not comment on the donations.
reported that Epstein formed a “shadowy” foundation in 2012 called Gratitude America, Ltd., purportedly to rehab his image after the Florida plea deal. Among the foundation’s recipients: Deepak Chopra, Elton John, and New York’s Lincoln Center.purported donations from Epstein, according to NBC News.
The shunning of the Sackler family by museums, in light of their ownership of Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin of philanthropic efforts by the nation’s wealthy. Academic institutions have returned donations as well, like the University of Southern California did with a $5 million gift made by Harvey Weinstein after allegations of his sexual misconduct with women surfaced.
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