From Anti-Graffiti to Pro-Art: Murals as Engines for Good
An effort to fight graffiti has grown into an enormous public art program that backers see as an engine for education, community empowerment, and economic revitalization.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Suggesting Low Gift Amounts Can Drag Down Fundraising Results, Study Finds
A new report on the practice of “anchoring,” or suggesting specific dollar figures when soliciting donations, indicates that low anchors may depress giving more than high ones bring it up.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
N.Y. Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Fundraising in the State
The state’s top charity regulator issued a violation notice barring the Donald J. Trump Foundation from soliciting contributions because it lacks legal authorization to engage in fundraising, The Washington Post and The New York Times report.
Daily News Roundup: Powell Jobs Giving Venture Makes Hollywood Investment
Also, a Canadian donor pulls a big gift in a dispute over transparency and the Philadelphia Orchestra ends its weekend strike.
Stanford Hangs Up on Telemarketing — Will Others Follow?
Fundraisers debate the decision by the university to end phone-athons, weighing the costs of annoying donors versus the benefits of acquiring more of them.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Big Money Comes to Inequality Research
Amid anxieties over growing disparities, donors and foundations are devoting serious amounts to studies of rich and poor.
By Scott Carlson
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Buffalo Art Museum Gets $42 Million; Rap Mogul Diddy Gives $1 Million to Howard U.
Other notable donations include $25 million from Comcast’s founding family to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to advance genetics-based pediatric care.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Foundation Is Not Authorized to Solicit in N.Y.
Also, the Koret Foundation settles a simmering boardroom feud, and Melinda Gates lays plans to tackle the shortage of women in technology.
Leader of National-Service Program Has a Hunger for Results
Curt Ellis helped start FoodCorps, a nonprofit whose AmeriCorps program teaches kids about healthy food and nutrition through hands-on activities like gardening and cooking.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Nev. Official to Run Communities in Schools; Leadership Roundtable Gets New CEO
Plus, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Hamlin Fistula USA get new top executives and more nonprofit personnel moves.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor