Washington National Opera sues Kennedy Center for $17M
The Washington National Opera filed suit against the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, seeking more than $17 million that WNO says the center refused to return after the companies severed their long partnership. The complaint says the money includes donor-restricted donations and endowment assets, singling out a disputed roughly $300,000 bequest donors intended solely for WNO. WNO separated from the Kennedy Center earlier this year amid leadership and governance upheaval, and it says the withheld funds have strained the opera company's finances as an independent organization. The case matters because its outcome could determine whether major performing-arts centers can retain donor-restricted endowments when resident companies break away, affecting fundraising and governance across the sector.
The grift here is astounding. The "Trump Kennedy Center" people tried to outright STEAL more than half of a $300,000 bequest to the Washington National Opera made in a donor's will — even though the funds were intended to go solely to WNO.
Literal Ham32stealing from a dead person sounds about right for Trump
KittyWampus3I don't think the word 'grift' is appropriate. In the context of this story, Trump or his Administration in general. Grift has 'small-time' baked into its meaning.
❄️ ABOLISH ICE2Motion to use “corruption” instead of grift when talking about anyone connected to Trump or the Admin.
The Washington National Opera claims that under Trump and Grenell, the Trump-Kennedy Center stole $17 million in donations and bequests made to the opera company.
Laura Cucak2That’s what it is all about. I don’t think we will ever be able to account for all the money this corrupt administration stole from all of us.
tejanarusa2No doubt. It's what all the grifters working for the Grifter-in-Chief are all about. I hope the lawsuit can make the thieves disgorge the money.
Following a move by the Kennedy Center Board to seek an injunction to keep Trump’s name on the building, the Washington National Opera (WNO) filed a lawsuit, alleging the Kennedy Center failed to return more than $17 million in donations. More: substack.com/@shero/note/...
CarrieT 🗽 ⚖️ 🇺🇸 🐶 📚 🛩 🌏 🐘 🗳 ⛩️ 😆 🎶 🪙 🤷♀️5One vocation that has boomed under this regime is lawyering.
Martin3There is something weird about the activity at the arts centre today. There are at least 15 workers involved in erecting scaffolding to remove 18 letters on the wall that took 4 guys and a couple of cherry pickers less than a day to install.🤔
Minutello2So, no matter what the public wants, they're fighting to keep his stinking name up there. Unbelievable!
