September 5, 2008
Court Orders U. of Louisville Foundation to Name Donors, Raising Concerns
The Supreme Court of Kentucky has ruled that the University of Louisville must disclose the names of 47,000 donors to the University of Louisville Foundation because the foundation is a public agency, and the public's interest in how the institution's fund-raising arm operates outweighs concerns for donors' privacy.
The ruling, which will likely apply to open-records requests at other public-university foundations in Kentucky, denies future donors a guarantee of anonymity. That could
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