Defunct Minn. Charity’s Leader Charged With $250,000 Fraud
The former director of Community Action of Minneapolis, which was shuttered last year, was indicted Thursday on federal theft and fraud charges in connection with an ongoing corruption inquiry, the Star Tribune reports.
Google-Backed San Francisco Charity Turns Buses Into Showers for Poor
The Guardian profiles Lava Mae, a Google-supported San Francisco charity that outfits decommissioned city buses with showers and toilets for the homeless, an article that also looks at the tech company’s growing social-service giving.
New Leaders for L.A. Chamber Orchestra and Ronald McDonald House
Other nonprofits with notable personnel changes include the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality, the Wege Foundation, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
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Atlanta Symphony Names New Head, and Minn. Orchestra Is Out of the Red
The two orchestras, both beset in recent years by fiscal struggles and bitter contract fights with musicians, continued their rebounds with the Atlanta organization hiring a new director and the Minnesota ensemble balancing its budget, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Star Tribune respectively report.
Lucas Museum Unveils New Design That Could Derail Lawsuit
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art revealed a scaled-back blueprint for the proposed Chicago lakefront attraction Thursday that could unravel local parks advocates’ legal challenge to the project backed by movie mogul George Lucas, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Planned Parenthood Not Invited to House Hearing on Planned Parenthood
A congressional committee kicked off a series of hearings on the orgaization’s activities Wednesday without hearing from the group itself, representatives of which were not asked to testify, The Guardian reports.
‘Spoontember’ Campaign Aims to Spur Action on Hunger
National food-bank network Feeding America is running a monthlong multimedia effort branding September as “Spoontember” to raise awareness and spur giving to combat hunger, writes Digiday.
Agassi-Led Equity Fund Aims to Draw $400 Million for Schools
Tennis icon and charter-school advocate Andre Agassi is spearheading a new private-equity real-estate fund that seeks to raise money from Merrill Lynch clients to finance dozens of new schools across the country, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Crowdfunding Site Fundly Merges With Charity-Software Firm
Software provider NonProfitEasy has acquired Fundly, a crowdfunding platform popular with charities, Forbes reports, terming the union a signal of “the maturing of the crowdfunding industry.”
UConn Foundation to Tap Students’ Parents, Hospital Patients
Aiming to build the University of Connecticut’s endowment to $1 billion, the institution’s nonprofit fundraising affiliate will pursue greater giving from current students’ families and UConn Health Center patients, the Associated Press reports.