Bloomberg: Billionaire Donors Must Be Realistic About Goals
In his first wide-ranging interview on philanthropy since leaving New York City’s mayoralty, Michael Bloomberg tells The New York Times that big-spending donors should focus on areas where they can test new ideas and get government funding for the ones that work.
Smooth Successions at Family Foundations Depend on Planning
Philanthropy advisers offer tips in The Wall Street Journal on ensuring smooth leadership transfers—and averting messy ones—at family foundations seeking to maintain an impact across generations.
Lack of Women in Top Roles Hinders Nonprofits, Female Nonprofit Workers Say
Nonprofits too often miss out on donations and hurt their ability to carry out their missions by not putting women in leadership jobs and on boards, say a big share of 650 female nonprofit workers polled this month.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Federal Charity Drive Shows Dramatic Drop in Giving for 2013
The number of U.S. government employees who took part in last year’s federal workplace charity campaign fell by nearly 200,000, and total donations declined by 18.8 percent, The Washington Post writes.
Walmart Family’s Giving Helps Drive Charter School Movement
The Walton Family Foundation has become a driving force in the growth of charter schools nationwide and gained significant influence in education policy, according to The New York Times.
Seattle Plan to Hike Minimum Wage Could Squeeze Charities
PBS NewsHour talks to the head of a Seattle nonprofit about how a city proposal to set a $15 hourly minimum wage might affect his group and other agencies serving the region’s neediest residents.
NAACP Drops Honor for NBA Owner Accused of Racist Remarks
The civil rights group’s Los Angeles chapter was to have presented a lifetime achievement award next month to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who has supported local charities serving minority communities but faces allegations of racism in connection with an audiotape made public last week, the Los Angeles Times and ESPN write.
Minn. Orchestra Rehires Conductor Who Quit During Lockout
The Minnesota Orchestra’s board voted Thursday to bring back Osmo Vanska as music director, six months after the Finnish conductor resigned amid the ensemble’s bitter labor fight, the Star Tribune writes.
Princeton U. Agrees to $24-Million Voluntary Payment to Town
The school said Thursday that it will pay $24.3-million over seven years to help cover the cost of local services and support projects in its home town of Princeton, N.J., The Chronicle of Higher Education and Bloomberg report.
Goldman Foundation Names 2014 Winners of Green ‘Nobel’
An upstate New York anti-fracking activist and a South African campaigner against toxic dumps are among this year’s six recipients of the $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for grass-roots green advocacy, the San Francisco Chronicle and the BBC report.