Last year, Reuters found that at least seven other foreign governments made new donations to the foundation without the State Department being informed, partly, foundation officials said, because of "oversights".
The winners, informed by foundation officials by telephone last week, expressed a combination of astonishment, delight and gratitude in later interviews.
"We informed the foundation that we would gladly come to an agreement with them if they could prove ownership," he said.
But in December, Mr. Jones informed the foundation that he would use an umbrella group instead of a newly formed nonprofit to sponsor the quilt, a plan the foundation said was unacceptable under the terms of the agreement.
But if correction is impossible, funds will be cut off as has already happened in six cases.The principle of unity in diversity has also informed the foundation's involvement in the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise.
After Mr. Saliba was confronted about the payments, the suit states, he informed the foundation through a lawyer that Saliba Managed Funds was not registered as an investment firm in New Hampshire, where his office is, or with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
After it came to light last week that films and videotapes made by the artist Larry Rivers included footage of his two daughters naked, New York University informed his foundation that it did not want those materials included as part of the archive it was purchasing, said John Beckman, a spokesman for N.Y.U.
The PTO informed the foundation of the decision to reexamine the patents late last week; the office now will accept statements from WARF and its foes before ruling on the validity of the patents' claims, a process which can sometimes take years.
Since being interviewed, I have learned that the chairwoman of the City Opera's board did call the chairman of the Wallace Foundation to inform the foundation of the opera's plans.
Under a section titled "Conflicts of Interest," the audit outlined a series of Barnes transactions that it said Mr. Glanton engaged in with outside business partners, without informing the foundation's board.
His foundation informed the Prospect Park Alliance that it intended to end its quarter-million dollar annual contribution.
