Pierre Omidyar Donates $269 Million in eBay Shares
An eBay regulatory filing this week disclosed that Mr. Omidyar, a co-founder of the company, gave away one-tenth of his stock last month, according to EcommerceBytes, a news site that covers the online-auction industry. The causes that will benefit from the stock gift valued at nearly $270 million are not known.
Senate Turns Back Bill to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
With eight Republican senators joining almost all of their Democratic peers, the Senate voted 52-47 Thursday against a bill to impose a one-year moratorium on federal money for Planned Parenthood, USA Today and Bloomberg report.
Clinton Foundation Kicks Off Marquee Conference With Shalala at the Helm
Speakers at this year’s event in New York include Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank; Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft; and Ursula Burns, chief executive of Xerox Corporation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Donors Don’t Always Give to Causes They Care About Most, Study Finds
Most of the people surveyed at an event in Chicago cited economic issues and poverty as top concerns, but only a fraction of them donated time or money to those issues.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Aid Groups Say Silicon Valley Is Sitting Out Refugee Crisis
Tech companies that have recently touted their efforts to help victims of natural disasters such as the Nepal earthquakes are declining to offer similar programs for hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking refuge in Europe, according to The Washington Post.
Pope Meets With Nuns’ Charity Fighting Contraceptive Mandate
Pope Francis stopped briefly at a Washington, D.C., home for the elderly operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor on Wednesday, a visit a Vatican spokesman said signaled support for the Catholic charity in its legal battle over the Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate, reports The Washington Post.
Foundation and Preservationists Feud Over Doris Duke Home
The nonprofit that manages the late heiress and philanthropist’s central New Jersey estate plans to raze her mansion on the site, saying it has fallen into disrepair and become a “white elephant,” reports the Associated Press.
N.Y. Archdiocese and City Hall Team to Add Shelter Beds
A day ahead of Pope Francis’s arrival in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced a partnership Wednesday that will see the Archdiocese of New York provide 150 beds this winter for people who have been living on the street, The New York Times reports.
New British Charity Rules Could Impose Fundraising Bans
Charities that violate proposed British regulations aimed at curbing high-pressure fundraising tactics could be barred from cold-calling or direct mail, the BBC reports.
How the Billion-Dollar College Football Industry Acts Like a Charity
A new book by investigative reporter Gilbert Gaul makes the case that “seat donations” and other tax-deductible gifts to athletic programs make a mockery of the tax code.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects