Firm Sues Calif. Attorney General Over Scotched Sale of Catholic Hospitals
For-profit hospital operator Prime Healthcare Services has filed suit against California Attorney General Kamala Harris for imposing conditions that led the company to pull out of an $843-million deal to buy six Catholic medical centers, the Los Angeles Times writes.
Element of Surprise Leads People to Give to Online Campaigns, Study Finds
The Internet is “not a magic bullet” for humanitarian fundraising appeals, according to a British university study cited by Science Daily. The source and style of an approach to donors matters more than the medium.
$40-Million Gift Boosts Campaign for N.Y. Catholic Schools
The donation from finance mogul Stephen Schwarzman and his wife, Christine, supports the Archdiocese of New York’s Inner-City Scholarship Fund for minority and low-income students, the New York Daily News and The Wall Street Journal write.
Britain Weighs Plan to Purge Charities of ‘Extremist’ Trustees
The British government’s proposed counter-extremism strategy would authorize charity regulators to dismiss people considered to be extremists from nonprofit boards, The Telegraph reports.
North Texas Giving Day Raises Record-Breaking $33.1 Million
Fueled by social media, email, events, and mutual support, 2,022 nonprofits in the region collected more than 118,000 donations in just 18 hours.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Big Aid Groups ‘Misleading’ Donors on Nepal Work, Says Watchdog
Major global aid charities surveyed about their Nepal earthquake response have spent up to one-sixth of funds raised in disaster appeals on overhead, even though many are doing little direct work on the ground in hard-hit areas but rather “regranting” money to local organizations, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports.
House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood; Senate OK Unlikely
Citing controversy over Planned Parenthood’s provision of fetal tissue for medical research, the House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Friday to block federal grants to the women’s health nonprofit for a year, but Senate Democrats have enough votes to block the measure in the upper chamber, the Associated Press reports.
Crowdfunding Website Kickstarter Reincorporating as Public Benefit Corporation
Setting itself apart from other successful tech start-ups that have gone public or sold for millions, Kickstarter is reincorporating as a public-benefit corporation as a way to ensure that the company’s mission will not be compromised by its profits, The New York Times reports.
McDonald’s Spearheads Campaign for Food Aid for Migrants
The fast-food giant is leading a corporate effort to promote the World Food Program’s fundraising efforts to feed displaced people from Syria, Iraq, and other countries, writes The New York Times.
Perelman’s Claims ‘Totally Untrue,’ Say Carnegie Hall Trustees
Five ranking members of Carnegie Hall’s board sent a letter to fellow trustees Friday refuting outgoing Chairman Ronald O. Perelman’s allegations of a lack of financial transparency and oversight at the storied New York venue, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal write.