White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid
At the request of the Obama administration, the crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money for the United Nations refugee agency to aid people fleeing Syria, The New York Times reports.
Calif. Couple Donates $50 Million for Georgetown U. Sports
The pledge from financier Peter Cooper and his wife, Susan, who sent five children to Georgetown, will fund both on-field facilities and off-field support, including a new leadership program for student athletes, writes The Washington Post.
Pa. Charities Face Crunch as State Budget Fight Stretches On
With Pennsylvania’s budget impasse now in its fourth month, state-funded social-service groups are bracing for a cash crisis that could soon force many to curtail or suspend programs, writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
U. of Maryland and D.C. Museum Launch Arts Collaboration
The university announced a partnership with the Phillips Collection that will involve a range of exhibitions, research, and scholarly programs at the campus and the art museum, reports The Washington Post.
City Opera Creditors Back Plan to Revive Moribund Company
One of two groups competing to reorganize the bankrupt New York City Opera has won the crucial backing of the entities owed millions of dollars by the arts organization, The New York Times writes.
MacArthur Spins Off New Digital-Learning Nonprofit
The grant maker provided $25 million in start-up cash but is also seeking support from others.
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Princeton Endowment Returns Best Yale’s and Harvard’s
The 12.7-percent investment gain beat Ivy League peers that have reported results so far and vaulted Princeton into fourth place among the biggest U.S. college endowments, Bloomberg reports.
Afghans Sought Raid That Hit Charity Hospital, U.S. General Says
The commander of American troops in Afghanistan said Monday that Afghan forces requested the weekend airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern city of Kunduz, The New York Times reports.
Lilly Endowment Pledges $50 Million for Black Colleges
The Indianapolis-based foundation’s donation to the United Negro College Fund will help colleges and universities with predominantly African-American student bodies put a priority on career development, reports The Washington Post.
Nonprofit Harvests Surplus Drugs to Serve Poor Patients
Sirum, hatched five years ago by a trio of young Stanford University graduates to improve low-income patients’ access to costly prescriptions, has distributed $4.3 million worth of drugs by tapping surplus inventories from pharmacies and medical facilities, The Wall Street Journal writes.