Not for most purposes. That's why I concluded you weren't making any relevant distinction.
Because he collected that money on false pretenses and, morally, he should give that largesse to non-fraudulent entities.
False pretenses?
He offered his interpretation of the Scriptures...Scriptures that are freely available for anyone to review. If a post of yours turns out to be wrong and I believed it, do you owe a donation to a third party?!
If I solicited donations from you on the basis of the false information in my post, I would be morally obliged to return that donation to you or to donate it to a worthy cause if I could not locate you.