How a Food Bank and Private School Thrived During the Economic Slump
Now that bold fundraising moves paid off, two groups are finding new ways to seek gifts from individuals.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Showing Donors What Their Gifts Can Do Pays Off for Nonprofits
How a college and an arts organization demonstrate the value of a donation in creative ways.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
International Aid Group Sharpens Its Focus to Expand Donor Support
Catholic Medical Mission Board reached its $1-billion goal a year early by concentrating on maternal and child health.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Open Records Activist Shuts Down Nonprofit Data Website in Protest
Carl Malamud, who is suing to get the Internal Revenue Service to release nonprofit tax forms in digital format, shut down the free online database he maintained containing millions of nonprofit filings going back to 2002.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Boston Brothers Guilty of $2-Million Scam Attempt From One Fund
A Massachusetts jury convicted Branden Mattier and Domunique Grice of attempted theft and other charges for filing a false claim from the charity disbursing donated funds to victims of last year’s Boston Marathon bombings, The Boston Globe reports.
Toms Shoes, Pioneer in Mixing Philanthropy and Sales, Is on the Block
The for-profit footwear manufacturer noted for integrating philanthropy into its business model by donating a pair of shoes to a needy person for each one it sells, is on the market and could fetch as much as $600-million, according to the Financial Times.
Activist’s Fall From Grace Stirs Concerns About Cambodia’s Charities
Allegations that the Cambodian anti-trafficking activist Somaly Mam fabricated details of her past has cast a harsh light on what some aid workers say is routine deception by charities in her home country, particularly orphanages, writes The New York Times.
2 Years After Viral Video, Kony Group Active but Stretched
NPR looks at the state of Invisible Children, the San Diego nonprofit founded to aid the search for the central African warlord Joseph Kony, two years after the charity’s “Kony 2012" video went viral.
Chicago Symphony Gets $32-Million From Two Foundations
The Zell Family Foundation and the Negaunee Foundation have donated $17-million and $15-million, respectively, to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to endow the group’s music directorship and boost its education program, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Medical Activist and Rockefeller Scion Killed in Plane Crash
Richard Rockefeller, a former leader of the medical aid charity Doctors Without Borders and son of the billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller, died Friday when a small plane he was piloting crashed just after takeoff, reports The New York Times.