It's being called "trust-based philanthropy". The fact that this is so rare and subversive should cure libs of their idea that charity is selfless and not just another vector for the wealthy to exert control.

  • garbology [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I know someone who worked for a charity and some local millionaire donated a lot of money to the charity and demanded complete control over how it was spent, and would sometimes tour the charity, making pointless demands as she walked about.

    Her money was almost completely going to waste because she had no idea what the charity actually needed, in addition to wasting everyone's time when she showed up and demanded to be treated as royalty...but humouring her was worth keeping her quiet and getting other donations because her money bumped the charity's books up and apparently people are more likely to donate to places already handling X funds.

    So, in short, yeah. I'm also in favor of making the other rich fucks look bad.