GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — The Grand Rapids Art Museum is fending off allegations it misappropriated donations.
A lawyer for Neil Bremer, the GRAM’s former chief operating officer, filed a whistleblower suit, claiming the museum was moving donated money into the general fund rather than using it exclusively for the programs for which it was intended.
In the suit, which was filed in Kent County Circuit Court about two weeks ago, Bremer claimed he reported the misuse of the restricted donations to GRAM CEO Dana Friis-Hansen and Maria Davis, the human resources director, but nothing was done. The suit says Bremer tried to work with Friis-Hansen to resolve the issue but intended to report the GRAM to public officials if it wasn’t fixed. Bremer says he was fired without notice so he wouldn’t report the situation
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