NYC Charity for Kids’ Mental Health Folds in Face of Debt
With $7 million in unpaid federal and state payroll taxes, a major children’s nonprofit in Queens is shutting down, the Daily News reports.
Donors Fail to Deliver $1.9 Billion for Ebola Outbreak
International donors have not come through with $1.9 billion of the funds pledged to help countries recover from the Ebola epidemic, The New York Times reports.
Gifts Roundup: $50 Million to Cornell U. and $70 Million to Barnard College
Other notable gifts include $2 million from Robert and Penny Fox to Drexel University for a center for historic costume exhibition and research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Podcast: Using Computer Science to Benefit Social Justice
In this episode of Fundraising Fundamentals, a Ford Foundation program officer explains the advantages of having technologists working for social good.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
New Koch Nonprofit to Focus on Education and Poverty
Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch’s policy and political network will formally launch a new charity Saturday that organizers say will apply venture philanthropy to taking on deep-seated social ills, starting with poverty and educational quality, USA Today reports.
State Reviews Clearing Planned Parenthood on Fetal Tissue
A dozen states that launched investigations of alleged sales of fetal organs by Planned Parenthood clinics have closed the inquiries without finding evidence of illegal tissue transactions, according to NPR.
Charity Navigator Adds Wounded Warrior Project to ‘Watchlist’
The move comes after reports criticized the veterans group’s spending and management practices.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
KaBoom Looks Within for New CEO
James Siegal, the youth charity’s president, assumes the top job after stints in government and at Independent Sector.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fidelity Charitable Grants Topped $3 Billion in 2015
The donor-advised fund’s disbursements included 733,000 grants to some 106,000 charities, reports The Boston Globe.
Trump Pro-Veterans Site Steers Donations to His Foundation
The fundraising site, which went live Thursday in connection with the Republican presidential front-runner’s Iowa rally for veterans, directs all contributions to the Donald J. Trump Foundation, online news outlet The Federalist reports.