Foundation Rescinds Grants to Watchdog...

Foundation Rescinds Grant to Watchdog Group
By Ian Wilhelm
Chronicle of Philanthropy
March 19, 2009

Upset by a recent report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy that urged grant makers to give at least 50 percent of their grant dollars to the poor and other disadvantaged people, the California Wellness Foundation has taken the unusual step of canceling its membership to the committee and asking for it to return a $10,000 grant.

While several nonprofit leaders have criticized the committee's report, the California Wellness Foundation is the only one to have pulled financial support for the committee, which is a foundation watchdog in Washington.

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