Backed by Huge Audiences, Video-Game Stars Get Into Giving Tuesday
How much can international gamer celebrities like Athene raise for charity? Save the Children will find out with its #GamingTuesday.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Duke Foundation’s Islamic Center and Africare Get New Leaders
Other personnel changes include a global philanthropy director at General Motors.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Zuckerberg Donates $20 Million to Help Schools Get Connected
The gift from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will support EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit working to equip schools with high-speed Internet connections, The New York Times writes.
‘Three Cups’ Author Retiring From Asia Schools Charity
The Central Asia Institute announced Thursday that its scandal-plagued founder and longtime public face, author Greg Mortenson, will leave the school-building charity in January, the Associated Press reports.
Jared Fogle Gets 15-Plus Years on Porn and Sex Charges
An Indiana judge exceeded prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation in sending the former Subway spokesman and charity head to federal prison for 15 years and eight months, The Indianapolis Star and The Wall Street Journal report.
Ga. Investigating Claim That Children’s Home Deceived Donors
State charity regulators have launched an inquiry into an Atlanta-area home for foster children that solicted hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations after ostensibly shutting down, according to Atlanta television station WSB.
Koch-Backed Conservative Groups Quadrupled Spending in 2014
Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners increased their spending from $57 million to $220 million in 2014, repeating a pattern of greater activity in election years, writes The Wall Street Journal.
New Mont. Rules Take Aim at ‘Dark Money’ in State Elections
The state is the latest to implement campaign-finance regulations to curb the impact of dark money from nonprofit organizations on state elections, reports the Associated Press.
Oxfam’s Location-Based Mobile Ads Target Holiday Shoppers
The aid charity is teaming with a mobile-advertising company for a holiday campaign that aims to tap potential donors when they may be most predisposed to give, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Cal State to Stop Using Private Money to Up Presidents’ Pay
Trustees of the California State University system, which has been dogged by controversies over campus leaders’ compensation, approved a plan Wednesday to end the use of foundation funds to buttress presidential salaries, reports the Los Angeles Times.