Broadway Cares charity group ripped for channeling $400K of donations to Gaza
NY Post
The charitable group that asks Broadway patrons to donate money toward members of the theater community struggling with health issues — has come under fire for rechannelling $400,000 to groups providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
Volunteers for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are often seen with the red buckets making a pitch for their cause and collecting donations from theatergoers as actors take their final bow after the performance.
The group recently announced that it donated two $200,000 donations to Doctors for the World and the International Rescue Committee to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza while the war rages between Israel and Hamas.
But Rabbi Erica Gerson filed a complaint with Attorney General Letitia James’ Charities Bureau, saying the group was misleading theatergoers about the purpose of the donations.
Gerson recently donated to Broadway Cares while attending the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child show with her daughter.
Afterward, Gerson said she was flabbergasted when she saw a story in the theater publication, Playbill, that Broadway Cares donated $400,000 for humanitarian efforts in Gaza.
