... next will he be dictating where private donations can be sent? John Rosenberg reports on how the ultra-left "diversity/multi-culti" cult is infesting the philanthropic arena:
The report, titled “Criteria for Philanthropy at its Best,” advises foundations to “provide at least 50 percent of grant dollars to benefit lower-income communities, communities of color, and other marginalized groups, broadly defined.” The committee looked at 809 of the largest foundations in the country, whose combined three-year grants totaled almost $15 billion, and concluded that the majority of foundations are “eschewing the needs of the most vulnerable in our society” by neglecting “marginalized groups.”
The above idea, based on a group dubbed National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy, isn't alone. There's also this:
Two years ago, an advocacy group in San Francisco called Greenlining began releasing similar reports. Greenlining’s aim then was to pass legislation in California mandating that foundations report to the public the percentage of their dollars given to “minority-led” organizations and the percentage of their boards and staffs made up by racial and ethnic minorities. The legislation was dropped when several foundations promised to donate money to causes Greenlining favored.Now Greenlining has put out reports in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York trying to shame foundations into distributing grants differently, as well as pressure them into recruiting more “diverse” board and staff members. The NCRP report picks up on this theme to suggest that foundation boards and staffs should include people with a “diversity of perspectives.”
In other words, to hell with donor intent.
It's just yet the latest example of how the Left doesn't trust individuals and the people to do the right thing. It's gotta be government, government, government. To which Rosenberg ends his post: "As we’ve seen in other arenas, however, those determined to do good with other people’s money are seldom slowed down by the inconvenient issue of a conflicting intent, whether expressed by legislators, Constitution-drafters or adopters, or, in this case, charitable donors."
Amen.