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Let them eat caviar: When charity galas waste money

  • Written by Philip Hackney, James E. & Betty M. Phillips Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
imageCharities may treat the cost of their fundraising festivities differently than other expenses. Yulia Davidovich/Shutterstock

When the Arc of Palm Beach County rented Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for its 2016 Cowboy Ball, the organization lured guests with promises of “a gourmet meal in a gilded ballroom, an exciting live auction,...

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