IRS Reduces Fee for Short-Form Charity Application
The tax agency this month lowered the cost of applying for 501(c)(3) status using the 2-year-old 1023-EZ form from $400 to $275, writes Accounting Today.
House GOP Seeks Federal Scrutiny of Clinton Foundation
Congressional Republicans are circulating a letter calling on the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the former first family’s charity for alleged corruption, CNN reports.
In Interview, Eric Trump Unable to Name Personal Gifts by His Father
Donald Trump’s son, who last week asserted that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee had given “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to the Eric Trump Foundation, cited gifts from the his father’s own foundation and free rounds of golf when asked for details by The Washington Post.
Pokémon Go Craze Bringing Visitors to Major Museums
Many prominent cultural institutions are seeing greater foot traffic as a result of being integrated into the wildly popular mobile game, but the U.S. Holocaust Museum is asking visitors to refrain from playing within its walls, art-news site Hyperallergic and The Washington Post write.
Long-Delayed Pa. Industrial Museum Finally Set to Open
After nearly two decades of delay that prompted a grand-jury investigation, the National Museum of Industrial History in eastern Pennsylvania is slated to open its doors on August 2, reports the Allentown, Pa., Morning Call.
Grants Roundup: DiCaprio Foundation Backs Conservation Groups, Bank of America Funds Career Training
Also, Salesforce.org quadruples its Force for Change grant making to $4 million this year and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards $3.5 million in arts support.
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Aussie Finance Mogul Donates $75 Million to Alma Mater
The gift from commodities billionaire Graham Tuckwell and his wife, Louise, to Australian National University is the largest donation for higher education in the country’s history, The Canberra Times writes.
World Monuments Fund Cuts Back as Big Donation Runs Out
The international preservation charity is reducing its staff by a quarter as a major source of its funding — a large matching gift from the late hedge-fund mogul Robert Wilson — expires after a decade, The New York Times writes.
Israeli Lawmakers Tighten Rules on Foreign-Funded Nonprofits
The country’s parliament approved a fiercely debated measure Monday that requires groups that get more than half of their financing from governments or political organizations abroad to publicize that fact, the Associated Press reports.
Obituary: Abdul Sattar Edhi, Revered Pakistani Philanthropist
Mr. Edhi’s sprawling charity network, launched six decades ago and built through private donations, served the poor, injured, and infirm, writes The New York Times. He died Friday at age 88.