Midlevel Donors Are Loyal — and Lucrative

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([Business Insider]( - Plus: Livestock industry uses donations to co-opt academics to downplay its climate impact, study says ([Washington Post]( - Background from the Chronicle: [Does Alternative Meat Need Philanthropy to Take It Beyond?]( A college student’s $400,000 TikTok fundraiser for a homeless man in Washington, D.C., went sideways upon reports that the man had convictions for violent crimes, and upon demands from GoFundMe that the money, in an account under the student’s name, would actually go to its stated recipient. Experts said the episode is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of spontaneous, amateur aid campaigns. 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