Foundation Heads Call on Peers to Publicize Diversity Data
The leaders of six large organizations push for more openness about the racial and gender make-up of nonprofit boards and staff.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Median Corporation Gave $18.5-Million in 2014
Financial, industrial, and utility firms overwhelmingly donated money while the communications and health-care sectors gave more in products and services, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing new data from a Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy study.
House Spending Bill Would Protect Nonprofit Politicking
A spending measure approved last week by the House Appropriations Committee would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from forging new rules governing political activity by nonprofits, The Washington Post writes.
Thrift-Store Firm to Donate $1.8 Million in Minn. Settlement
International secondhand retailer Savers will pay $300,000 each to six Minnesota partner nonprofits and make its fundraising methods more transparent to settle a court fight with the state’s attorney general, the Star Tribune reports.
Maine Gov. Accused of Threatening Nonprofit School Over Hire
Legislators on both sides of the aisle are expressing dismay over allegations that Republican Gov. Paul LePage threatened to pull more than $500,000 in state funds from a nonprofit-run charter school if it installed a top Democratic lawmaker as its president, writes the Associated Press.
Mindy Kaling Shows Twitter’s Power in Celebrity Hands
The comedian and actress who appeared on The Office sent traffic skyward at several nonprofits after asking for suggestions on where to donate.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
N.J. Jury Finds Fraud by ‘Gay Conversion’ Nonprofit
A faith-based New Jersey counseling organization was found Thursday to have committed consumer fraud by charging for therapy that promised to help gay men overcome same-sex urges, NJ Advance Media and the Associated Press report.
U.K. Charity Watchdog Mulls Charging Groups for Regulation
Britain’s Charity Commission might seek to levy a fee on nonprofits to offset some of the cost of policing the sector, a move that would see some donor funds going into regulation but that appears to have strong public support, The Independent and The Guardian write.
People in Philanthropy: New Leader at NatureBridge, New Top Fundraiser at Aeras
Founder leaves Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and other personnel moves.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
San Diego Institute Gets $100 Million for Medical Research
Southern California philanthropist Conrad Prebys’s name will be added to that of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in honor of the gift supporting efforts to translate laboratory work into new treatments, U-T San Diego reports.