# Celebrity charity closes down

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/07/10/celebrity-charity-closes-down/
- Published: 2000-07-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Celebrities can bring valuable publicity and clout to charities. Unfortunately,
if the charity hits problems, the celebrity link can ensure that those problems 
get a very public airing.

For example, author Tom Clancy’s support for the Kyle Foundation has ensured that
the charity’s demise is aired nationally.

Read Writer’s Dream for a Charity Turns Bitter by Michael Moss and Jim Rutenberg
at the New York Times.

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