Companies Create Brand to Support AIDS Prevention
A campaign started by the singer Bono and Bobby Shriver, a California politician, is raising money for AIDS prevention in Africa through the sale of shoes, cell phones, T-shirts, and other products, reports The New York Times. Gap, Converse, American Express, and other companies will sell the new…
Court Rules Religious Gifts OK in Wisc. Fund Drive
A program in Wisconsin that allows state employees to make donations by having the money deducted from their paychecks will have to allow gifts to religious charities, a federal judge has ruled, reports The Associated Press. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit by the Association of Faith-Based…
Tennessee Baptists Sue Affiliated University
A dispute over the control of a Baptist university in Nashville has resulted in a lawsuit by the Tennessee Baptist Convention against Belmont University, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. The convention is suing Belmont to demand the return of $58-million it gave to the university over 54…
Bloomberg May Lead Sept. 11 Memorial Fund
The executive committee of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation approved the appointment of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as chairman, reports The New York Times. The full board could vote on the appointment this week. Mr. Bloomberg gave $10-million to the fund, according to…
Charities Benefit After a Congressman’s Resignation
Charities benefit after a political scandal
Charity Aids ‘Kinship’ Parents
Kinship parents—those who take in the children of relatives or friends—often do not receive the help and guidance a foster parent would, so a Colorado woman founded a charity to fill this gap, reports The Daily Times-Call, in Longmont, Colo. Barbara Robertson was herself a kinship parent, receiving…
Yahoo Grant Sparks Furor Over Ethics
A $1-million grant from Yahoo to a prestigious journalism fellowship program at Stanford University has drawn criticism because of Yahoo’s relationship to the Chinese government, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. Yahoo donated the money to the John S. Knight Fellowship program last week, and…
Work Programs for Former Prisoners to Be Evaluated
The effectiveness of programs that try to rehabilitate former prisoners by giving them jobs is being put to the test in a new three-year study, reports The New York Times. The study—sponsored the Joyce Foundation, a Chicago grant maker, and directed by the Manpower Demonstration Research…
Calif. Attorney General Issues Critical Report on Getty Trust
California’s attorney general issues critical report on Getty Trust