America's richest school serves low-income kids. But much of its Hershey-funded fortune isn't being spent.
Milton Hershey School often has "too much" money.
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Milton Hershey School often has "too much" money.
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Bob Fernandez of The Inquirer and Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA This article was produced in partnership with Spotlight PA and The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Sign up for Spotlight PA’s free newsletters here. For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey School’s board, says he sought internal financial records detailing the spending history of the $17 billion charity, which has a mission to educate low-income students for free. He now says he is being denied records he needs as a board member charged with ...
. For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey School’s board, says he sought internal financial records detailing the spending history of the $17 billion charity, which has a mission to educate low-income students for free. He now says he is being denied records he needs as a board member charged with overseeing the Pennsylvania boarding school’s operations, and earlier this month he sued the school to obtain the documents. It’s an extremely unusual step for a sitting board member, taken against an extremely unusual institution: The Milton Hershey School is th...
For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey Schoolâs board, says he sought internal financial records detailing the spending history of the $17 billion charity, which has a mission to educate low-income students for free. He now says he is being denied records he needs as a board member charged with overseeing the Pennsylvania boarding schoolâs operations, and earlier this month he sued the school to obtain the documents. Itâs an extremely unusual step for a sitting board member, taken against an extremely unusual institution: The Milton Hershey Schoo...