Charities which found themselves the recipients of cash raised at a gala where women were humiliated and groped acted quickly to distance themselves from the affair.
Great Ormond Street Hospital charity and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital said that they would return donations raised from the scandal-wracked President’s Club.
The charities stood to gain a substantial financial windfall from the men-only event, which was attended by leading figures from the financial and business worlds.
However, they decided they could not accept the cash after an undercover reporter lifted the lid on goings-on at the gala, revealing it as a cauldron of misogyny and wealthy male entitlement.
There have been some similar cases over the past year where charities refused to accept cash from events where people blacked up, or where men dressed as sexist caricatures of women.
In each case, the organisations decided the financial gain was not worth the reputational damage.
That’s why we’re asking – is it ever OK for charities to accept tainted donations?
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Is it ever OK for charities to accept tainted donations?
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