Considering how hard we work for the money that we bring into our organizations, one would assume a $2,500 unsolicited gift would be welcomed. One donor in Madison, WI found otherwise. He says that his gift of $2,500 to the public schools was lost and never spent as he requested.
“When it came to signing a check for $2,500 last year to buy updated atlases …Becker’s money disappeared into a bureaucratic hole at the Doyle Administration Building for months on end. When he tried to follow up on what happened to his donation, he said he was given several different explanations for the delay…
Last week, in frustration, Becker called publisher Rand-McNally and bought the atlases himself at what he says is a better price than the district had negotiated. Then he asked for his money back.
“It’s not the money, it’s the principle,” (Becker said).”
He plans to continue to support the schools, but with an article like this in the local newspaper, its hard to say how many other donors will not.
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