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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4543467" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I had emailed the charity to ask about why the donation was allegedly declined, and got a response similar to the above responses (copied below).</p><p></p><p><strong>My take on it</strong>: The charity does not lend their name to the collection of donations by companies which are financially unsound. GenCon had filed for a form of bankruptcy at the time, and hence the charity's policy (which must be followed by the way, as it would be in their non-profit corporation bylaws and minutes) dictated that they decline the opportunity to have their name attached to the collection of donations from a financially unsound company like GenCon.</p><p></p><p>This is not an unusual policy, and is usually a good one. Bankrupt companies operate under a different set of laws and duties than non-bankrupt ones, and often have additional red tape they need to cut through to get things done with finances, and there is the risk that donations can get tangled up with those bankruptcy complications. If those bankrupt companies end up going out of business, they can harm the goodwill of the charity whose name is associated with the bankrupt company. </p><p></p><p>All things being equal, a charity prefers to have its name attached financially sound organizations rather than financially questionable ones, and GenCon fell into the later category.</p><p></p><p><strong>There is no evidence, at all, that this had anything to do with D&D or gaming.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 4543467, member: 2525"] I had emailed the charity to ask about why the donation was allegedly declined, and got a response similar to the above responses (copied below). [B]My take on it[/B]: The charity does not lend their name to the collection of donations by companies which are financially unsound. GenCon had filed for a form of bankruptcy at the time, and hence the charity's policy (which must be followed by the way, as it would be in their non-profit corporation bylaws and minutes) dictated that they decline the opportunity to have their name attached to the collection of donations from a financially unsound company like GenCon. This is not an unusual policy, and is usually a good one. Bankrupt companies operate under a different set of laws and duties than non-bankrupt ones, and often have additional red tape they need to cut through to get things done with finances, and there is the risk that donations can get tangled up with those bankruptcy complications. If those bankrupt companies end up going out of business, they can harm the goodwill of the charity whose name is associated with the bankrupt company. All things being equal, a charity prefers to have its name attached financially sound organizations rather than financially questionable ones, and GenCon fell into the later category. [B]There is no evidence, at all, that this had anything to do with D&D or gaming.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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