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UNIVERSITIES DEBATE BIG BIOMEDICAL GIFTS
Universities reject big grants from biomedical foundation
The United Nations this week announced it will establish a disaster-relief fund with hopes of raising $500-million for global emergencies, reports the Associated Press. The organization says the Central Emergency Response Fund will allow humanitarian workers to respond faster to disasters and…
Robert E. Jones, president of the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled, in El Paso, Tex., resigned this week after newspaper and government reports criticized the organization for failing to comply with federal rules, reports The Oregonian. The charity, which produces…
The California Supreme Court this week struck down a July 2004 lower court ruling that required most charities practicing law in the state to operate only if their boards and membership were composed entirely of lawyers, and if at least 70 percent of their clients were poor people, reports the San…
Northern Kentucky University, in Highland Heights, Ky., plans to establish an institute to help the region’s 6,000 nonprofit organizations, reports The Cincinnati Post. The Nonprofit Capacity Building Institute will train staff members of charities and connect them with management consultants.
HEAD OF GLOBAL DISEASE GROUP RESIGNS
Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, has announced he will leave the Geneva-based organization in July, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Feachem said he wanted to return to the Bay Area, where he lived previously. The fund was…
FEDERAL AID TO RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Bush orders Department of Homeland Security to create center for faith-based programs
Los Angeles city official suggests some nonprofit leaders should register as lobbyists