@Avira…….
Re: Rav Meir and Stamford
You are correct, he was involved in finances in Stamford.
I would receive about 4 personal phone calls from him Y”N, Chanuka, Pesach and my Zaidy’s Yahrzeit requesting generous support for the Yeshiva.
I gave because I believed they were doing good work and not squandering funds. I never attended a fundraising event and never had my name published in a donor list, on a brass plaque or worse sold to other fundraisers.