LAFF, which stands for Life After the Ford Foundation, is an alumni association for former foundation employees.
"In the past six months, there have been a lot more 'red flag' days, and they keep the kids inside," said Ms. Duffy, a writer and former foundation consultant.
As another former foundation stalwart, César Odio, observed grimly, "The exile will be over by death, with my generation dying out".
In 2009, during a Clinton Global Initiative gathering at the University of Texas at Austin, the foundation purchased a first-class ticket for the actress Natalie Portman, a special guest, who brought her beloved Yorkie, according to two former foundation employees.
The former foundation stone of ABC's schedule, "Dancing With the Stars," opened with its worst rating ever for a premiere in the 18-49-year-old 18-49-year-old 18-49-year-old 18-49-year-old
In a deposition in the case, a former foundation employee said Ms. Costa had told her and an associate that she had been having an affair with Mr. Musgrove.
As its title suggests, "The Art of the Steal" is nothing if not agenda-driven, having been paid for by a former foundation student, Lenny Feinberg, who — to quote the movie's notes — "initiated, funded and was intimately involved in the making of 'The Art of the Steal.' " That partisanship helps explain the movie's vibrancy and sense of urgency.
Under the terms of the Arizona settlement, Andersen would pay just less than $217 million to investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars they had invested with the Baptist Foundation, whose senior managers used transactions with companies run by current and former foundation executives to hide investment losses.
According to businessmen and former foundation executives, the charities now serve as slush funds for the mullahs and their supporters.
