April 30, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
A $1-million bequest made to Michigan State University by a reported deadbeat dad is causing problems for the university.
Gregory E. Bradbury, an MSU alumnus and member of the university’s foundation board, announced the gift in 2004.
Now the donor’s son is lobbying Michigan State’s trustees to divert $45,600 of it to his mother, whom the elder Mr. Bradbury divorced in 2001. That’s the amount the donor owes in child support, the Detroit News reports.
The university has no plans to divert the money upon the donor’s death, raising an interesting question: Should nonprofit organizations be expected to check donors’ backgrounds before accepting big gifts?
