Donald Sterling will not be able to buy his way out of his racism scandal as a handful of charities have publicly declared that they will no longer be accepting money from the LA Clippers owner.
UCLA has even decided to reject a $3million gift that he gave to support the school’s kidney research program. The $3 million pledge was spread over years, so the school has only received the $425,000 initial payment- which it will return- and the rest was due to come in installments- which have now been cancelled.
‘Mr. Sterling’s divisive and hurtful comments demonstrate that he does not share UCLA’s core values as a public university that fosters diversity, inclusion and respect,’ University spokesman Phil Hampton said in a statement according to CBS Los Angeles.
The gift was specifically earmarked for the work being done by Dr Ira Kurtz, who was trying to learn about the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney which could lead to development of targeted drugs.
- They have returned the $425,000 initial payment and will reject the future installments.
- Comes the day after the NBA banned him for life and issued a $2.5m fine.
- UCLA had by far the biggest gift to give back, but other area charities are now facing the decision of what to do with their donations.
- L.A charities are dealing with the same issue and some have decided to reject all past and future planned gifts from the racist Clippers owner.
- Some are keeping the cash, however, saying: ‘We take money from all kinds of bad people all the time.
TMZ reported that the Goodwill of Southern California was promised a $100,000 gift over ten years, and decided to return the $20,000 it had already received and stop the future payments.
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