@VPA2019 here are a few examples of the generosity you appropriately mention. Also not mentioned is the ability of all students regardless of socio economic status to enjoy and benefit from these facilities. In addition, this generosity has served to provid accessibility to Brown for socio economically disadvantaged students via the Brown Promise.
https://arts.brown.edu/granoff-center
http://www.brownrisdhillel.org/building.html
Poorly handled and bad PR sure. Scandalous I think not. People of great wealth networking is hardly unique to Brown. When considering the story in totality it is only fair to do so juxtaposed against the benefit received by all Brown students across the socio economic spectrum.