From Look to the Stars: https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/kate-spade#charities

"New York Center For Children To Host Gala

What brings fashion mogul Kate Spade, Nancy Novogrod (Editor in Chief of Travel + Leisure Magazine), and Pilar Guzman (Editor In Chief of Conde Nast Traveler) and many more of New York’s top crowd together under one roof? Child abuse and The New York Center for Children."

https://www.looktothestars.org/news/12043-new-york-center-for-children-to-host-gala

(Note here the two world travel-oriented supporters of this gala.)

The New York Center for Children (NYCC) hosted The Sunflower Party on Friday, August 7, 2015 in Southampton, NY:

https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14048-the-new-york-center-for-children-hosts-the-sunflower-party

"Founded in 1995 as the Child Advocacy Center of Manhattan, the New York Center for Children (NYCC) is a child-friendly Center, providing free, comprehensive evaluation and therapy services to victims of child abuse and their families. NYCC also offers professional training on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of child abuse.

All of the programs and services at NYCC are completely free of charge. NYCC is a not-for-profit organization that relies on donations to cover the costs of operations. NYCC serves all families, including those without insurance.

When children come to the Center, they are greeted by specially trained staff, colorful murals on the walls and a playroom filled with toys.

In addition to evaluation and treatment, the children at NYCC also benefit from tutoring, mentoring and extracurricular events.

NYCC serves children from all five boroughs of New York City.

http://www.newyorkcenterforchildren.org/

IMO, whenever services to desperate children and their families are offered for free, even to people who can afford them, scrutiny for potential abuse is required. NYCC also trains people to provide these free services, so an even higher level of scrutiny is required.

I can't help wondering whether Kate Spade stumbled onto something she wasn't supposed to know about in the course of her advocacy for abused children.

Lots of names in the above links.