Pittsburgh Drops Suit Seeking Taxes From Hospital Network
The city and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have called a truce in their legal battle over municipal officials’ effort to strip the big nonprofit health system of its tax-exempt status, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Head of D.C. AIDS Charity Ordered to Pay City $1-Million
A Washington, D.C., charity leader found liable last month for swindling some $330,000 in grant funds from the city has been ordered to repay $1.08-million under a District statute that allows for triple damages in false-claims cases, The Washington Post reports.
Metropolitan Museum of Art President to Step Down in 2015
Emily Rafferty, the first woman president of Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced Tuesday that she will retire in the spring after nearly 40 years with the New York institution, reports The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Charities Shutter Liberia Clinic Amid Ebola Outbreak
Two American relief organizations have closed an Ebola virus treatment center they operated in Liberia as the disease has spread and triggered civil disturbances, Bloomberg reports.
Philanthropy’s ‘Fatal’ Flaws and How Community Funds Can Help
The departing leader of the Santa Fe Community Foundation says community funds should be leaders in an effort to democratize philanthropy.
By HILDY GOTTLIEB
Contributor
How to Turn Audience Emotion Into Action
Make sure your listeners can see themselves in the story, helping to solve the problem, then give them a way to get involved immediately.
By PAUL VANDECARR
Contributor
Minorities Underrepresented at Environmental Groups, Report Says
People of color account for no more than 16 percent of staff at conservation and preservation organizations, including government agencies.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Leaked Papers Show Nunn Campaign Worries on Nonprofit Record
An internal document prepared last year by Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn’s campaign team raised concerns that aspects of her tenure leading voluntarism charity Points of Light could provide fodder for her opponents, The Washington Post and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Penn Foundation Head to Step Down After 6-Month Tenure
Peter J. Degnan, who was hired in February as managing director of the William Penn Foundation, will leave his post with Philadelphia’s largest philanthropy at the end of August, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes.
Oakland Nonprofits Seek to Slow Minimum-Wage Push
An Oakland, Calif., referendum on raising the city’s minimum wage from $9 to $12.25 an hour is raising concerns among social-service charities, which fear the hike will force large-scale cutbacks in job-training programs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.