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Sallie Bingham, Foundation She Endowed Face Off in Court over Future of Hopscotch House
Foundation: Kentucky Foundation for Women
When the Kentucky Foundation for Women bought a 412-acre farmhouse in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1987, it hoped the five-bedroom dwelling would serve as a retreat for women writers and artists, reports the Courier-Journal.
Instead, the foundation is now trying to sell the house, and philanthropist Sallie Bingham, who founded the foundation with proceeds from the sale of her family's media companies nearly 40 years ago, is suing to block the sale.
"I don't want to see it broken up and some strip mall put in or houses or whatever," says Bingham, who also owns Wolf Pen Branch Mill Farm, which sits next to Hopscotch House and has a conservation easement protecting it.
The foundation, which supports female writers and artists in Kentucky, says Bingham's lawsuit is a "malicious, coordinated effort" to block the sale, discourage potential buyers, and diminish the property's value.
The foundation, which no longer uses Hopscotch House for workshops and is trying to sell the property, counters that Bingham controls access to the site and informed the real estate agent she did not have permission to drive through the farm property to show the home.
Bingham's lawsuit proposes that the house be turned over to her or a Kentucky charity of her
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