As for the donors, Ms. Shuler disputed the notion that City Center diverted money.
The charity, it said, misused funds to pay for luxury items for clients that "diverted" money from other projects.
The expenditures for the military diverted money from social-welfare projects and energized leftist activism among Sinhalese nationalists.
Mr. Zwilling said the scheme diverted money "designated for the purpose of helping to provide Catholic education".
The World Bank has accelerated its debt relief program and diverted money from long-term infrastructure to emergency road-building.
But such events as the 1973 war in the Middle East, which diverted money to Israel, have hurt fund‐raising.
It is quite possible that the infatuation with technology has diverted money from things known to work — training better teachers, giving kids more time in school.
Moreover, the enormous financial cost of the war, reaching $25 billion in 1967, diverted money from Johnson's cherished Great Society programs and began to fuel inflation.
Salaries for rookies were curtailed, which restored value to first-round draft picks and diverted money from unproven newcomers to deserving veterans.
According to the lawsuit, the board diverted money meant for horses to help repay personal loans taken out by two of its members.
According to court papers, the New York Community Trust also diverted money designated for other charities when it shifted money away from the Community Service Society in 1971.
