Union Protests Closure of Consumer Reports Publications
News that ShopSmart magazine and the Money Adviser newsletter would cease printing due to a hike in mailing costs has angered some unionized workers and managers who will be laid off as a result, The New York Post reports.
Wisc. Philanthropy Has Close Ties to Potential Presidential Candidate Scott Walker
The conservative Bradley Foundation is overseen by Mr. Walker’s three-time campaign chairman, and most of its grants support public-policy efforts that are closely aligned with Mr. Walker’s agenda, according to the Associated Press.
More Okla. Nonprofits With Storm Damage Eligible for Disaster-Relief Loans
Groups in 25 Oklahoma counties affected by severe storms in May are eligible to borrow up to $2 million from the Small Business Administration, the Associated Press reports.
Pakistan Orders Save the Children to Vacate Country
Expatriate employees of Save the Children have been given 15 days to leave, The International Business Times reports. The organization is accused of working against the country’s interests.
People in Philanthropy: Geriatrics Expert Named President of the John A. Hartford Foundation
A former ambassador to head the EastWest Institute, plus more news about nonprofit executives in our weekly roundup.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Philanthropist Backs Effort to Train Fundraisers Like Salespeople
Some are put off by the approach, but Denny Sanford says the world of sales offers valuable lessons in how to treat donors.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Ford’s Sharpened Focus on Inequality and Operating Funds Draws Praise
The fund’s pledge to provide lots more administrative support has made many nonprofit leaders hope other foundations will do the same.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Social-Media Reactions to the Ford Foundation’s New Focus on Inequality
The nonprofit world was quick to react to the foundation’s announcement that it would shift its grant making to focus entirely on financial, racial, gender, and other inequities.
By Nidhi Singh and CODY SWITZER
New York Fundraisers Are Bullish on 2015 Giving Picture
A majority of nonprofit fundraisers in the New York City area are optimistic about the donor climate and expect their organizations to boost development staffs this year, according to a Crain’s New York Business survey of development professionals.
Gates Foundation Gets Great Press, but Skeptics Have Emerged
While the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s work gets far less mainstream-media scrutiny than giving by the conservative Koch brothers, numerous researchers, academics, and development experts have raised questions in scholarly papers about the governance, transparency, and spending priorities of the world’s biggest philanthropy, Vox writes.