: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Foundation says it won’t compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would’ve really helped

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 day ago

    Here’s $100 but you have to spend it on materials for research, not executive salaries. It’s called a restricted donation. You may hear that colleges and universities have million dollar endowments but still send out fundraising emails. This is because you might get a $200k donation from an alumni that is only to be used on tuition for student athletes and, yeah, you take that money because that means $200k that you don’t need to spend there… But that you can only spend there.

    So you’ve got to keep that money around unless you use it for those things.

    All grants come with strings. You can go to grants.gov and click on hundreds of them.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
      11·
      1 day ago

      I don’t know where you donate, but Open Collective doesn’t have a field for “enter your demands to accept this donation”

      There’s just no way to do that

      • BigPotato@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 hours ago

        I’m sure you’re aware that businesses, especially with donations of that size, might engage in emailing contacts prior to donating…

        • quick_snail@feddit.nl
          1·
          9 hours ago

          No. Some do, but all the donations I’ve gotten from businesses on OC were just made.

          Lots of companies just tell their staff how much, and they hung on OC and make those donations. They don’t see a point to contacting them.