Gifts Made Through Amazon Smile Supported Islamic Extremist Group: Daily News Roundup
At least two of the nonprofits eligible through the program for contributions from shoppers are linked to a controversial imam. In other articles: Business Insider examines the new Gates Foundation education effort; three senior leaders of an evangelical-funded Israeli charity are stepping down at the same time; a cryptocurrency group gives all of its coin listings to charity; and more about big donors and ideas and innovation.
Watch the Communications Network Keynotes Live
Update: The livestream has ended. Highlights will be posted later. The Communications Network, an organization that works with nonprofits and foundations to advance public understanding of their work, holds its annual meeting in San Francisco this week. You can watch the keynote sessions live on…
Philanthropy Infrastructure Groups Drew $1.9 Billion in Support, Study Says
Grants to groups like Independent Sector and the Council on Foundations, regional grant-making networks, and research organizations grew 7 percent from 2013 to 2015, to $192 million annually.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Proposed Hospital Merger Could Be One of the Largest: Daily News Roundup
If Memorial Hermann Health System merges with Baylor, Scott & White, it would create the nation’s fifth largest health-care provider. In other articles, a gift from Elon Musk’s foundation will go toward installing ultraviolet water filtration systems to drinking fountains in Flint, Mich., schools; a fired comptroller has filed a lawsuit claiming “illegal” and “fraudulent” financial activity at a Philadelphia museum; and more news. Plus, articles on trouble in the arts.
Need for Social Services May Fall to Lowest Level in a Decade, Study Suggests
An annual report on the Human Needs Index suggests high levels of need in Arkansas, Nevada, and Wyoming and low levels of need in Delaware, Oregon, and Virginia.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Texas Children’s Hospital and the Wharton School Each Land $50 Million
Also, Arizona State gets $30 million, UCLA gets $15 million, and donors pledge $10 million for theater and cultural programming in Chicago.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
WNBA President Named CEO of Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund
Also, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy appoints a new chief, and Harvard installs its new head of fundraising.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Phil Knight Gives Nike Stock Worth Nearly $1 Billion to an Unnamed Nonprofit
Phil and Penny Knight have previously committed nearly $2 billion to charity, mostly to universities and research institutions in the Pacific Northwest.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation: Daily News Roundup
State lawyers say the foundation was used to benefit Trump personally and politically. In other articles, George Soros has moved his Open Society Foundations from Budapest to Berlin because of Hungary’s “repressive legal and political environment"; Richard Spencer’s white nationalist group has regained nonprofit status; the entire board has resigned from a nonprofit founded by a former candidate for the Oregon House amid claims that money was mishandled; plus more about big gifts and the arts.
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