The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation announced it may suspend operations at year-end due to a funding cut by Magnum Ice Cream. Magnum cut the foundation’s funding in April 2025 and ordered it to vacate its offices by July 15, 2026.
Background
An Unilever-backed audit in December 2025 found deficiencies in the foundation’s financial controls and governance. However, the foundation disputes these findings, stating that previous audits identified no similar concerns.
A legal challenge over the funding and office eviction remains pending in New York federal court and is expected to extend into next year. Magnum spun off from Unilever in December with a valuation of about 7.8 billion euros.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
