Grants Roundup: Communities in Schools Gets $17 Million, Plus $15 Million for Detroit
Also, the University of Kentucky will use $4.9 million to treat opioid addiction in pregnant women, and the MeToo Fund gets a $1 million boost.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
2018’s Outstanding Fundraiser Leaves SOS Children’s Villages Abruptly
Lynn Croneberger, formerly chief executive of SOS Children’s Villages-USA, was lauded two months ago as “the epitome of an extraordinary professional fundraiser.”
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Independent Sector Staff Looks to Unionize
CEO Dan Cardinali said Tuesday that next steps are unclear because he doesn’t know enough yet about what the employees want.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Bipartisan Bill Would Expand Charitable Deduction to All Taxpayers
Charities are expected to push hard in favor of the bill. Unlike previous similar efforts, the new legislation wouldn’t cap the amount taxpayers could deduct.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Soros Foundations Leaves Hungary Under Pressure
In other articles, hedge-fund managers contribute millions of dollars to the Robin Hood Foundation, which backs groups that picket hedge funds; a finance writer questions the ethics of the philanthropy of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg; and Seattle tries to help the homeless by taxing companies like Amazon. Plus, see articles about arts and culture as well as other news and features.
Daily News Roundup: Noted Aid Worker Charged With Child Rape
The Canadian humanitarian worker, working in Nepal, is accused of raping at least two boys, ages 12 and 14. In other articles, the Boy Scouts is lobbying against proposals in some states that could expose it to more child-abuse lawsuits; Silicon Valley CEO Emmett Carson is reportedly negotiating his departure; Harvard’s former head of real estate made nearly $24 million; plus news and opinion about the Kochs’ philanthropy and more news.
Foundations Move $737 Million to Donor-Advised Funds, Chronicle Study Shows
There is almost no information available about where that money eventually ends up, and critics say it may be a tactic used by some grant makers to avoid foundation payout requirements.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: UVA Gets $25 Million, USC and Maryland Get $20 Million Each
In other major gift news, Southwestern University, Yale, and the University of Southern Indiana got $15 million each,
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Food for the Poor’s Charity Status Under Attack
The California attorney general says the charity inflates the value of donated pharmaceuticals in its tax filings. In other articles, tables for a lavish Clinton Foundation gala are going for as much as $100,000; Democrats are giving nearly $9,000 in contributions from former N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to a domestic-violence charity; an app has helped deliver a million pounds of food to the hungry in Atlanta; and more about giving and the arts and harassment.
New Chiefs Promoted at Mary Black and Honolulu Biennial Foundations
Also, Friends of the Children adds fresh leadership in New York and Los Angeles, and the Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott has died at age 106.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions