DONORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY
“ ‘It can be painful for people fighting for clean water or.fair housing to see the [Avery] Fisher
family get $15 million so [David] Geffen can put his name on a [concert] hall,’ said Marian Stern, who
teaches at New York University's Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising.
family get $15 million so [David] Geffen can put his name on a [concert] hall,’ said Marian Stern, who
teaches at New York University's Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising.
" ‘I see the parallels here as not so much that people are critical of the gifts per se, but
perhaps the power behind it,’ Stern said, ‘that the donors are dictating the conversation and also really influencing public policy.’"
perhaps the power behind it,’ Stern said, ‘that the donors are dictating the conversation and also really influencing public policy.’"
Associated Press. Michael Hill, “The Rich Give, and Get
Grief,” printed in the Bloomsburg (PA) Press-Enterprise, pp: 25 and 28, January
27, 2016.
