The Wexner Foundation, a nonprofit organization, announced it will no longer donate to Harvard, citing the university's response to student groups that expressed support for Hamas, a terrorist group that attacked Israel earlier this month.

The foundation tied to Leslie Wexner, a billionaire who founded Bath & Body Works and who once owned Victoria's Secret, informed Harvard it would no longer donate to the school because the institution was "tiptoeing" around condemning antisemitism and Hamas. The foundation is one of several prominent donors that have cut off donations to major universities over institutional responses to pro-Hamas students.

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Harvard has been under national scrutiny for more than a week after a group of 34 student groups released a statement blaming the government of Israel for terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. The attacks and Israel's subsequent military response have claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people.

“We are stunned and sickened by the dismal failure of Harvard’s leadership to take a clear and unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders of innocent Israeli civilians,” the foundation said in a letter to the school.

The backlash has led a number of student groups to disassociate themselves from the statement, but the university leadership has continued to draw criticism, even as Harvard President Claudine Gay has attempted to quell the firestorm.

Gay released a video statement on Thursday saying the university "rejects terrorism," "rejects hate," and "rejects the harassment or intimidation of individuals based on their beliefs," while asserting the university's support for free expression.

"Our university embraces a commitment to free expression," Gay said. "That commitment extends even to views that many of us find objectionable, even outrageous. We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views. But that is a far cry from endorsing them. It’s in the exercise of our freedom to speak that we reveal our characters, and we reveal the character of our institution."

The foundation has funded several scholarships at Harvard, including an Israel fellowship for a master's degree at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In its letter, the organization cited former Harvard President Larry Summers, who had called the student group's statement "morally unconscionable."

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"Harvard’s leaders were indeed tiptoeing, equivocating, and we, like former Harvard President Larry Summers cannot ‘fathom the administration’s failure to disassociate the university and condemn the statement’ swiftly issued by 34 student groups holding Israel entirely responsible for the violent terror attack on its own citizens,” the organization said.

The Washington Examiner has reached out to Harvard for comment.