PBS Station Returns Grant to Avoid ‘Perception’ of Influence – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

PBS Station Returns Grant to Avoid ‘Perception’ of Influence – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: New York public television station WNET said Friday that it will return a $3.5-million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation that supported an ambitious reporting project on government pensions, an issue on which the foundation and its founder have staked out a highly public position, reports The New York Times.