Making Donors Confront a Decision Not to Give
When an opera company made it mandatory for customers to acknowledge they had received a donation request before they could complete an online ticket purchase, it generated a windfall in gifts to an outside charity.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Lawyer Mobilizes Nonprofit to Force Reckoning on History of Racism
Acclaimed author and death-row attorney Bryan Stevenson wants America to learn how a long history of injustice underlies many of today’s most vexing problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Arrival Fuels Debate: Has Boston Reached Peak Nonprofit?
The Boston Globe looks at whether the region has become saturated with groups offering similar services and spreading donation dollars too thin, in an article focusing on the arrival of a college-readiness charity that has secured significant backing from the financial sector.
San Francisco Mulls ‘Tech Tax’ to Subsidize Programs for Needy
A group of nonprofit activists and city supervisors is pushing a payroll levy on technology companies to help pay for affordable housing and programs for the homeless, the growing need for which is viewed by many in the area as a byproduct of the tech boom, writes The New York Times.
U. of Houston Reportedly Secures $20 Million Naming Gift
After regaining naming rights to the campus basketball arena to raise money for its renovation, the University of Houston plans to rechristen the venue in honor of a $20 million donor, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Gifts Roundup: $75 Million From Ronald Perelman Boosts Arts at World Trade Center
The New York performance venue, scheduled to open in 2020, will be named for the billionaire financier.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Apple and Google Intrigued by Upstart Nonprofit’s Effort to Diversify Tech Field
Laura Weidman Powers is expanding a nonprofit — with support from some giant companies — that helps people of color move beyond internships.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Red Cross Apologizes for Safety Poster Decried as Racist
The charity issued a mea culpa for a poster it produced promoting pool safety that drew online criticism for making its examples of misbehavior primarily children of color, CNN reports.
Famed N.Y. Architects Get Obama Library Design Commission
The Barack Obama Foundation announced the selection Thursday of renowned husband-and-wife team Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to design the $500 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune writes.
Court Stops Construction of Diller’s $130 Million N.Y. Park
A New York State appeals court granted a preliminary injunction Thursday temporarily halting work on the Hudson River park project financially backed by billionaire media mogul Barry Diller, writes The New York Times.