#donor project

[youngbrokeawesome]

The payment people receive for donating their eggs is considered taxable income by the IRS.  Effectively, women are being taxed for the sale of their own body parts.

-Jenny Carolin, Egg Donor Artist

Saw this beautiful short presented by filmmaker and subject last night at Brooklyn’s Shoestring Press monthly ‘Bring Your Own Film’ open mic style event on the impact of the egg “donation” industry on an artist’s life and work.

[theindustryx-blog]

Pepsi Hits 'Refresh' on Donor Project

PepsiCo Inc. is revamping a charitable-giving program created to boost its corporate image and sales of its flagship cola but marred by complaints of vote-rigging and other irregularities.

With a promise of $20 million in donations for "refreshing ideas that change the world," Pepsi's Refresh Project drew rabid competition for the prize money—perhaps too rabid.

Community organizers, health interest groups and religious organizations quickly formed alliances that dominated voting. Those alliances picked nominees each month and asked supporters to vote as many times as the contest rules would allow. And when they won, some small groups and grass-roots organizations howled

via online.wsj.com