Review (PDF) Abusing Donor Intent: The Robertson Family's Epic Lawsuit Against Princeton University
It was the largest one-time amount—$35 million—anyone had ever donated to benefit a university. The Robertsons were specific about the way the money was to be used. It was intended to help Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs focus on sending its graduates into those areas of the federal government concerned with international relations. “But the university,” the son says, “was ignoring my parents’ intentions.” Furthermore, Princeton’s administrators were “harming the country.” That’s not, as you might imagine, the way Princeton saw it—or sees it today.How much control over a gift does a donor have after the gift is given?How accountable is a non-profit recipient for the use of the gift?“Robertson v. Princeton may be the most important case higher education has faced over the question of honoring the wishes of the donor.”—Wall Street Journal
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Print Length: 281 pages
Publisher: Paragon House (March 11, 2014)
Publication Date: March 11, 2014
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Language: English
ASIN: B00IYXSN86
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This book which in fact is a true story is a brilliant piece of mastery, promises made to Princeton university by a couple who believed that their dream could be fulfilled that students would earn free intense graduate level education in public administration so that they could then take it back to their own country. Its a story of how the family took Princeton University and the administration to civil court for wasting the donation.
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Great book! All development officers should read this!
This is essentially a Robertson-funded vanity inspired rationale for a hugely expensive (lawyer fees in the millions)lawsuit. The imaginary letter from beyond the grave is ludicrous.
Doug White has done a masterful job of combining meticulous research with an important story well told. Robertson v. Princeton ought to be of importance to every charitable donor, students of organizational culture and the citizenry at large. White has - quite literally - brought to life a story that heretofore has been largely confined to specialized niches in the nonprofit sector and legal community. As he's done in his previous books, White brings the facts from both sides of the table to the forefront, draws some important conclusions for the reader to consider and sends the reader away hungering for even more knowledge about a nonprofit sector that claims 10% of the US workforce and 5.5% of GDP. I strongly recommend this work.
This is not a review of this book; just a comment that there is a very good book that does not seem to be included in 's recommendations for other books looked at by customers: that is, "The Great Philanthropists and the Problem of Donor Intent" by Martin Morse Wooster. It is on . It should be better known than it is.
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