Intel Mogul Gives $50-Million for San Francisco Women’s Hospital
The donation from Gordon Moore, co-founder of the computer-chip giant, and his wife, Betty, will support the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center’s construction of a new women’s hospital as part of a larger planned health complex, San Francisco Business Times writes.
Scarlett Johansson Leaves Oxfam Over Deal with Israeli Firm
After eight years as an Oxfam global ambassador, the actress has split with the aid charity in a dispute over her endorsement deal with an Israeli company that runs a factory in the occupied West Bank, writes The New York Times.
Pa. Grand Jury Calls for Ouster of Stalled Museum’s CEO
A panel issued a scathing report Thursday alleging multimillion-dollar waste and mismanagement in a project to build a museum of American industrial history in Bethlehem, Pa., the Allentown Morning Call reports.
A Community Activist’s Path to Foundation CEO
Sterling Speirn, who just stepped down as chief executive of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, discusses how his work at local nonprofits shaped his approach to leading one of the nation’s biggest philanthropies.
By HILDY GOTTLIEB
Contributor
House Passes Farm Bill With $8-Billion Food-Stamp Cut
Ending a two-year congressional impasse, the House of Representatives approved a new farm bill Wednesday that would reduce spending on the federal nutrition-aid program by $8-billion over 10 years, The New York Times and The Washington Post report.
Detroit Museum Pledges $100-Million for Bankruptcy Fund
The Detroit Institute of Arts will launch a 20-year campaign to raise money for a federally mediated fund to shore up the bankrupt city’s pension system and prevent the sale of the museum’s masterpieces to satisfy creditors, supplementing $720-million pledged by foundations and the state, the Detroit Free Press writes.
Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort
Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday announced what his administration is calling the largest pay-for-success effort in the country to date, using $18-million from Goldman Sachs and other private supporters for a program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, Boston public radio WBUR reports.
$53-Million Bloomberg Grant Aims to Scale Back Overfishing
The grant from the former New York mayor’s foundation pumps money into both advocacy work and private financial incentives designed to slow the depletion of global fish stocks, Financial Times.
Gay Boston Man Says Marriage Cost Him Job at Catholic School
Matthew Barrett is set to file a complaint with the Massachusetts anti-discrimination office claiming that Fontbonne Academy, in Milton, Mass., withdrew an offer to hire him as its food-services director after learning he was married to a man, writes The Boston Globe.
Nonprofit Minn. Dance Group’s Board Resigns En Masse
The entire 20-member board of the Minnesota Dance Theatre has stepped down, saying in a surprise announcement Tuesday that “it is no longer able to serve the needs of the organization going forward,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.