Judge: La. Must Pay Planned Parenthood at Least 2 More Weeks
A federal judge in Baton Rouge ordered Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration to delay its planned cutoff of Medicaid money for the women’s-health group and cast doubt on state officials’ legal rationales for the move, reports Bloomberg Business.
In Oil States, Tumbling Crude Prices Hit College Giving
The oil bust that has seen crude prices fall by more than half since last year is putting a financial squeeze on universities in states such as Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Alaska where the energy sector is a major source of higher-education donations, reports the Associated Press.
$16.5-Million Gift Backs New Health-Policy Center at Duke
Duke University will establish an institute to explore and implement health-care reform ideas with a $16.5-million donation from alumnus and retired medical executive Robert J. Margolis and his wife, Lisa, The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., reports.
$450,000 Payment Draws Complaint Against San Francisco Museum Leader
Citing unnamed “multiple sources,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the top fiscal official at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging financial misconduct by the organization’s board president, noted Bay Area philanthropist Diane B. “Dede” Wilsey.
Book Details the Hardships of Living on $2 a Day
A dearth of nonprofits in some parts of the country means the poorest of the poor get little or no help.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Finance Industry Titans Pour Millions Into Universities
Northwestern gets a $25-million pledge from Patrick and Shirley Ryan, James McDonnell III and his family give $25 million to Davis & Elkins College, and James Parsons and Carrie Quinn give $20 million to Notre Dame.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Medical Charity’s Head Says Hospital Strike Was No Mistake
Christopher Stokes, the general director of Doctors Without Borders, tells the Associated Press he does not believe a U.S. warplane bombed the global medical charity’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by mistake on October 3, as the Pentagon asserts.
Clinton Foundation in Rwanda: Human Progress, Messy Politics
The New York Times takes a close look at the Clinton Foundation’s deep ties to postgenocide Rwanda, a relationship the newspaper says represents a microcosm of the charity’s global presence and the delicate politics that accompany its cooperation with foreign leaders.
Va. Museum Receives $200-Million Art Gift
The collection of 73 works donated by industrialist James W. McGlothlin and his wife, Frances G. McGlothlin, to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts includes paintings by landmark American artists such as John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Washington Post report.
U. of Wisconsin Nonprofit Awarded $234 Million in Apple Case
The damage award Friday followed a federal jury’s ruling that Apple infringed on a patent for computer-chip technology developed on the Madison campus and owned by a university-affiliated foundation, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.