Growth of ‘Crowdfunding’ a Worry for Traditional Charities
The fast-growing popularity of sites such as Fundly and Indiegogo for financing small-scale, single-issue charity projects is raising concern among venerable nonprofits like Save the Children that have long appealed directly to donors to fund broad aid and development programs, according to The New York Times.
What Donors Often Misunderstand About Donor-Advised Funds
While donor-advised funds continue to grow in popularity as philanthropic and tax-planning vehicles, many clients still don’t understand fully how they work, The Wall Street Journal writes in an article about avoiding “common traps” in giving to such funds.
Ex-Times Editor Bill Keller to Lead New Nonprofit Newsroom
The Pulitzer Prize winner, who has spent 30 years as a reporter, editor, and columnist at the Times, will depart in March to take the helm of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on criminal-justice issues. the newspaper writes.
Eli Broad’s Los Angeles Museum Pushes Back Opening to 2015
After long touting an opening by the end of 2014 for the billionaire philanthropist’s downtown Los Angeles art museum, project officials have pushed back the scheduled launch to an unspecified date next year, reports The New York Times.
LinkedIn Lists Opportunities for Skilled Volunteers
The social network has created a new Volunteer Marketplace, which features service opportunities offered by BoardSource, Taproot Foundation, VolunteerMatch, and other organizations that aggregate such positions.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
New App Will Aid Allocation of Goods After Disasters
The app will let nonprofits working in disaster areas request the items they need at different stages of a disaster.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
Bay Area Foundation Criticized for Not Doing More for Area’s Poor
The community foundation is putting money and advocacy efforts into education, immigration, and other groups that work locally, but some say it hasn’t done enough.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
President Asks Foundations to Aid Early Education and Young Minority Men
Charity leaders say they are awaiting guidance from the White House on how to support causes the president mentioned in his State of the Union address.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Knight Awards Grants to Support Use of Data to Improve Health
Public Laboratory, an environmental-science nonprofit, received a $350,000 grant for its project to provide low-cost environmental monitoring tools.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
Training Abused Dogs Teaches Youths Skills and Self-Confidence
The dog-rehabilitation program, run by Safe Humane Chicago, has been so successful in a local juvenile-justice program that other groups around the country want to copy the approach.
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor