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[–] Seraph@fedia.io 250 points 1 month ago (24 children)

It's not a donation if they get to dictate what the organization does - it's a bribe.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 91 points 1 month ago (5 children)

There was a librarian who saved his whole life and when he passed donated I think 1 million dollars to his old university. That university then spent the money on a new score board for the football field. I bet if he saw that he would have wished he put some stipulations on his donation.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a similar line of thinking. I'm a musician, so if I was filthy rich I might want to donate money to a school's music department. If the school is one fiscal entity, I would have to put that as a stipulation to ensure they gave the money to that department, not divert it to something overfunded or just padding the board's pocket as bonuses for "a job well done"

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you get filthy rich let's go party together

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Can I come too? 😳

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