Watchdogs Seek to Modernize Nonprofit Oversight
Charity regulators struggle to keep up with evolving fundraising approaches and improve oversight of traditional ones, which are often used to target vulnerable people.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. Charities Say State Deals Massively Underfund Services
Groups aiming to change how New York funds human services says the state has fallen $1 billion short over six years in covering the cost of contracted programs. Also, small and midsize public radio stations ramp up major-gift fundraising, and arts advocates bring new urgency to their annual lobbying day on Capitol Hill.
Grants Roundup: UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Gets $50 Million for Expansion
Other notable awards include $50 million from Google.org to support tech-based education programs and $3 million from the Walmart Foundation for anti-hunger programs in Texas.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: New Gates-Omidyar Project to Harness Satellite Data
The “Radiant Earth” effort will gather and analyze satellite imagery for use in tackling humanitarian and environmental issues. Also, inside looks at how Charity: Water deploys data to boost fundraising and why the head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was forced out.
Meals on Wheels Ramps Up Advocacy Efforts Amid Uncertainty
The charity has seen a surge in donations since becoming a poster child for Trump administration budget cuts, but it is focusing less on fundraising than on educating the public and policy makers about its programs and effectiveness.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Foundations Find Different Paths to Closing Their Operations
Some put more of their endowment money into mission-related investments; others pour all of their efforts in getting their money out the door.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Daily News Roundup: Billionaire Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101
Also, promises by the Trump Organization and the president’s inauguration committee to donate certain proceeds have yet to yield documented gifts, and Mr. Trump’s budget proposal spurs a spike in giving to Meals on Wheels.
Gifts Roundup: Muslim Family Gives $15 Million for Study of World Religions
Rafat and Zoreen Ansari hope their new institute at the University of Notre Dame will build partnerships among people of different faiths to work on social ills like violence and poverty.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Foundations Take a Stand — or Don’t — on the GOP Health Plan
Some grant makers that fought for Obamacare have changed focus, but others are digging deep to fight the new proposal.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Nonprofit Leaders Respond to White House Spending Plan
Environmental nonprofits are calling it a “scorched-earth budget,” diverse foreign-aid groups are united in their fury, and leaders in science, education, the arts, and social services are voicing grave concerns.