As Trump targets Harvard and nonprofits, wealthy donors are wary of stepping up their giving

It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,

May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist, said to the Times

The Federal Government reserves the right to terminate for convenience any contracts it has with your institution at any time during the period of performance,

the memo says

Linda McMahoneducation Secretary

We had hoped Harvard would come back to the table to discuss these. We would like to have viewpoint diversity, ... The April

McMahon tells CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Critical aspects of Harvard’s recent foreign funding disclosure submissions are a cause for concern with the Department,

the letter says

(W ... W)e write to notify you that we are aware of allegations that your institution may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty members from unlawful discrimination, in potential violation of statutes that we enforce,

says the letter signed by Terrell

HHS has not notified Harvard of, or provided any justification for, the imposition of any additional conditions on any specific grants,

the lawsuit says, ... adding the

Claudine Gaypresident

It can be, depending on the context,

Claudine Gay said in a response that slackened the jaws of many students and donors and deeply divided the campus and its alumni

Harvard has in recent years failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment.”

In stronger language, the same attorneys write

It is a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard University, not a guarantee,

reads the letter

Within hours of the Freeze Order, Harvard began receiving stop work orders,

the university says in its lawsuit

Wouldn’t that be cool?”

the president says in a private interaction at the White House, according to a person familiar with the conversation

Jewish students have faced an unrelenting barrage of discrimination; denial of access to campus common areas and facilities, including libraries and classrooms; and intimidation, harassment, and physical threats and assault,

the order says

The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,

he writes

Harvard had 39% of its funds into private equity assets in 2024, according to the annual Harvard financial report,

noted a Reuters source

Harvard is an [antisemitic], far-left institution, as are numerous others, with students being accepted from all over the world that want to rip our country apart. The place is a liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE,

Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social

For weeks leading up to the April 11 letter, the corporation took a very different stance toward the Trump administration. At the urging of some of its biggest donors, the corporation frantically tried to cut a deal with Mr. Trump,

the NYT reported

The questions they're asking first and foremost are, what is the risk to philanthropic individuals and families to move resources, and how can we protect our grantee partners, and how do we, the philanthropic individuals and families, navigate an environment of risk that allows us to have fidelity to our mission and be responsive to the needs of our constituents

Tedesco said

We must stand together to protect the freedom to direct private resources to the issues people care about,

Trott said

They have to negotiate a gift agreement and all that sort of stuff,

he said

The work has unfortunately been politicized,

she said