Planned Parenthood Head Defends Group’s Use of Fetal Tissue
The group’s president, Cecile Richards, apologized Thursday for the “tone” of a Planned Parenthood executive’s videotaped remarks on utilizing the organs of aborted fetuses but said the nonprofit is closely observing legal and ethical rules in donating the tissue for medical research, The Washington Post and CNN report.
Wisc. Court Ends Dark-Money Case Involving Scott Walker
The state Supreme Court put a stop Thursday to an inquiry by a group of prosecutors alleging collusion between Gov. Scott Walker’s political operation and nonprofit groups as Mr. Walker fought a 2012 recall effort, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Christian Science Monitor report.
$20 Million Weill Gift Could Rename Upstate N.Y. College
Paul Smith’s College, a small, private institution in the Adirondacks, is seeking state and judicial permission to change its name to Joan Weill-Paul Smith’s College in exchange for the pledge by Ms. Weill and her husband, former Citigroup chief Sanford Weill, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
Report: Afghanistan Most Dangerous Country for Aid Workers
Afghanistan remains the most perilous place in the world for relief charities to operate, with more than quarter of attacks on aid workers last year taking place there, the Thomson Reuters Foundation writes, citing a study by consulting group Humanitarian Outcomes.
New Leaders at Project HOPE and Philadelphia Foundation
Among other nonprofits with notable personnel changes: Achieving the Dream and the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
House GOP to Investigate Planned Parenthood on Fetal Tissue
Republican leaders announced plans Wednesday for a congressional inquiry into Planned Parenthood’s handling of tissue from aborted fetuses following an anti-abortion group’s release of a video in which an official with the women’s health group discusses providing fetal organs for medical research, reports The New York Times.
Relief Groups Expand Fundraising in Fight for Aid Dollars
The world’s 50 largest aid charities have more than tripled their spending on fundraising to $1.5 billion over the past decade amid a boom in international aid and fierce competition to draw donors, according to a survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Global Leaders Reach Deal on Funding U.N. Development Goals
Following three days of contentious talks, leaders from rich and poor countries struck a deal Thursday on a new framework to finance U.N. goals to end poverty and hunger and meet other ambitious development targets by 2030, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
NASCAR Star’s Ex Quits Veterans Charity Amid Fiscal Scrutiny
Patricia Driscoll, the former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, resigned Tuesday as executive director of the Armed Services Foundation amid investigations of alleged fiscal mismanagement, according to ESPN.
N.Y. City Opera Drops Plan to Sell Name and Assets
The New York City Opera abandoned the plan after months of legal squabbling between rival bidders seeking to revive the moribund company, writes The Wall Street Journal.