Bloomberg Plans $50-Million Network to Push Gun Control
The billionaire philanthropist and former New York City mayor aims to build a grass-roots advocacy network on gun violence to challenge the National Rifle Association’s political clout, The New York Times reports.
Charities Still Skeptical of Federal Workplace Drive Revamp
Plans to centralize administration of the U.S. government’s annual workplace giving campaign continue to raise concern, but nonprofit leaders say they welcomed an outreach effort by the official in charge of the drive, The Washington Post writes.
Jewish Centers Beef Up Security After Kans. Shootings
Jewish community centers and synagogues are seeking enhanced police presence and asking members to watch for suspicious activity in the wake of Sunday’s shootings at two nonprofit Jewish facilities in the Kansas City suburbs, USA Today reports.
Two Big Nonprofit Hospitals to Join Forces in Mass.
The boards of Boston’s Tufts Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Mass., have tentatively agreed to unite under a new health care system, the latest deal to shake up the region’s fast-changing medical industry, reports The Boston Globe.
Big No-Kill Animal Charity Scraps $45-Million Shelter Plan
Maddie’s Fund, the animal-welfare group founded by tech mogul Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl, with a goal of ending euthanasia of shelter dogs and cats, has dropped plans for a $45-million rescue, research, and office complex and will plow the money instead into grants for existing programs, San Francisco Business Times writes.
Siemens Donates $660-Million in Software to Mass. Schools
The German industrial giant’s gift aims to help a dozen Massachusetts technical schools and colleges prepare students for careers in modern manufacturing, writes The Boston Globe.
IRS to Rewrite Proposed Rule on Politicking by Nonprofits
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen tells USA Today that the agency is prepared to revise controversial new regulations on permissible political activity by nonprofit groups that drew fierce criticism from activists and organizations on both the left and right.
Group Fined in Calif. Contribution Case Gets 501(c)(4) Mark
The Internal Revenue Service granted a conservative Arizona organization status as a “social welfare” nonprofit last October, nearly a year after the group was embroiled in a California court fight over campaign-finance violations, reports the Center for Responsive Politics.
Pittsburgh Foundation Chief Named to Run Heinz Endowments
Turning to a former manager with longtime ties to its founding family, the Heinz Endowments has named Pittsburgh Foundation leader Grant Oliphant as its new president, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Seattle Politicians Back Scoutmaster Expelled for Being Gay
Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council expressed support for Geoff McGrath, a local troop leader who was dismissed by the Boy Scouts of America after he mentioned his homosexuality on a national news broadcast, the Associated Press reports.