A program that would have tripled the number of people receiving subsidized HIV and AIDS medication in Burma has been canceled as the country’s government imposes restrictions on the import and export of medical supplies, reports The Washington Post. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and…
Charity with ties to former House Majority Leader financed by clients of embattled lobbyist
The former chief financial officer of the United Way of Allegheny County has sued the charity and its chief executive officer, alleging that he was fired because of racial discrimination, reports the Beaver County Allegheny Times. James R. Overton, who is black, said he was fired in January on the…
The Nevada attorney general has sued Richard Blaich, the president of the Olin B. and Desta Schwab Foundation, alleging that he used the organization’s money to buy a $1.5-million house in Las Vegas, reports the Associated Press. Mr. Blaich moved the foundation from Fort Wayne, Ind., a few weeks…
Judith Thomas Stark, a former dancer who started a performing-arts foundation in California in the late 1960s, died last month at age 96, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Judith S. Thomas Foundation, created from the sale of an audio-equipment company Ms. Stark had started with her ex-husband,…
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, of New York, and Joel I. Klein, chancellor of the public-school system, have raised $311-million this year from some of the city’s major philanthropists, reports The New York Times. The school system will use $117-million to start new small schools, $70-million to open an…
As year-end donations of used clothes, canned goods, and old toys pour into charities, the task of separating the useful and valuable from the junk mounts, reports The Washington Post. Much of what is donated must be thrown away, such as worn-out furniture, ripped clothing, and food that is too old…