Nonprofits Step Up to Rebuild Homes Still Scarred by Sandy
Nearly 20 months after Hurricane Sandy, faith and community groups have stepped in to aid homeowners left in limbo by a stalled city bureaucracy, writes The New York Times.
Boston Bombing Survivors with Brain Injuries Seek More Aid
A group of survivors of last year’s Boston Marathon attacks is calling on the charity disbursing donated funds to victims to boost payments to those who say they suffered traumatic brain injuries, whom attorneys say received short shrift in past distributions, The Boston Globe reports.
Ore. Suit Targets Nonprofit Insurer on Surplus and Salaries
Attorneys in Oregon filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against Regence BlueCross BlueShield, arguing that the nonprofit health-insurance provider is acting like a commercial company by maintaining a large cash reserve and paying high wages to top officials, The Oregonian reports.
Financier Gordon Gund Pledges $50-Million to Vision Charity
The venture capitalist and Cleveland Cavaliers co-owner, who lost his eyesight to retinitis pigmentosa 44 years ago, announced Saturday that his family will donate at least $50-million in matching gifts to the Maryland-based Foundation Fighting Blindness, reports The Baltimore Sun.
India Moves Against Foreign Funding of Activist Groups
India’s government is moving to hold up foreign contributions to domestic charities in the wake of an internal report on efforts by environmental and human rights organizations to rally opposition to controversial industries, reports the Associated Press.
Israel Bars Muslim Charity from West Bank, Claiming Hamas Link
The order signed Thursday by Israel’s defense minister accuses U.K.-based aid group Islamic Relief Worldwide of providing funds to the Palestinian Hamas movement, Reuters reports.
Judge Rejects IRS Effort to Dismiss Open-Records Case
Public.Resource.Org is seeking to force the tax agency to release Form 990 data in a digitally searchable format.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Online Donors in Seattle Are America’s Most Generous, Study Finds
Washington, D.C., and its suburbs, Atlanta, and Cambridge, Mass., are the other top places where lots of people like to give through the Internet.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
White House Gay-Rights Order Revives Faith-Exemption Debate
Conservatives and gay-rights activists are gearing up for a battle over whether the executive order issued by President Obama this week barring discrimination by federal contractors against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should include an exemption for religious organizations, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
Wisc. Prosecutors Assert ‘Dark Money’ Case Against Governor
Court filings unsealed Thursday detail allegations by five Wisconsin district attorneys that Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign illegally coordinated with nonprofit organizations on fundraising and spending to defeat a recall effort in 2012, The New York Times reports.