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Subject: Did Philanthropy’s Views on Identity Alienate 2024 Voters? (Opinion)
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Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, was forced to step down from two veterans-focused nonprofits he led over concerns about financial mismanagement, a culture of sexual impropriety, and public drunkenness, the New Yorker reports. After several years on the job, conservative donors edged Hegseth out of his leadership job at Vets for Freedom, as the group ran up enormous debt, the magazine’s sources said. Then in 2016, he resigned under pressure from Concerned Veterans for America amid accusations of misbehavior chronicled in a whistleblower’s report. A spokesman for Hegseth dismissed the reporting as “outlandish claims laundered through The New Yorker by a petty and jealous disgruntled former associate of Mr. Hegseth’s.” (New Yorker)
A young industry has arisen from this era’s donor scandals, helping charities and cultural institutions do deep dives into potential benefactors’ backgrounds. These businesses use artificial intelligence or teams of researchers to quickly compile comprehensive reports that fundraisers might not have the time or skills to produce. The information helps clients, whose ranks include the University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, the University of Michigan, King’s College London, and the University of Manchester in the UK, avoid tainted, and occasionally fraudulent, donors. (Robb Report)
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