Foundation Director May Approve Grant To Charity on Whose Board She Sits
Court throws out challenge by other director who claimed that board was not properly constituted
A federal District Court in Indiana has entirely dismissed a suit brought by the son of the founders of a family foundation who claimed that the foundation’s board was not properly constituted and that grants awarded by the board are unlawful. He complained particularly about grants to a university on whose board one of the foundation’s directors sits. ( Doermer v. Callen , N.D. IN, No. 2:15-CV-154, 11/9/15. ) The rulings came in a case in which the Court held that the son had no standing to bring the case, but that he would not have prevailed even if he did. Richard T. Doermer and Mary Louise Doermer established the Doermer Family Foundation, Inc. in 1990, naming themselves and their two...
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