Commissioner of Nonprofit NFL Earned $35-Million in 2013
Roger Goodell’s compensation was 20 percent lower than in 2012, when he received a one-time deferred payment of $9.1-million, The New York Times reports, citing the league’s Internal Revenue Service filings.
Pa. County’s Review Puts Scores of Charities on Tax Rolls
Early results of an Allegheny County, Pa., review of nonprofit-owned property show nearly 200 organizations placed on the tax rolls, adding some $200,000 to county coffers and prompting other Pennsylvania jurisdictions to consider similar procedures, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Tax Judge Says Suit on Princeton Exemption Can Go Forward
The university said it would appeal a New Jersey Tax Court judge’s denial of its motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four Princeton, N.J., residents challenging the school’s property-tax exemption, Bloomberg writes.
Surfeit of Customers Helped Doom Nonprofit Health Co-Op
Nonprofit health insurer CoOportunity Health, formed in 2013 under the Affordable Care Act and now in liquidation after running out of cash, may have been financially undone by its success in drawing far more clients than anticipated, engendering much higher treatment costs, according to The New York Times.
Nonprofit to Pay $184,000 in World Trade Center Naming Inquiry
An association that earned millions of dollars from the “World Trade Center” name agreed to the payment to settle an investigation by New York State’s attorney general of the 1986 deal that granted the trademark to the group for $10, reports NJ Advance Media.
Coldplay Star Makes 15-Year Pledge to Curate Benefit Shows
Chris Martin committed to using his considerable connections in rock and pop music to curate festivals put on by the activist group Global Citizen to spur anti-poverty work, writes the Associated Press.
In Storytelling, Focusing on Solutions, Not Problems
Some groups are adopting a storytelling genre that focuses on how communities rebuild and recover after natural disasters and other difficult times.
By PAUL VANDECARR
Contributor
Male Donors Respond Best to Pitches That Stress Self-Interest, Study Says
Stanford University researchers document an “empathy gap” with important implications for how fundraisers should make their case to men.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
House Passes Bill to Make Charity Tax Breaks Permanent
The legislation would affect gifts to food banks and land conservation as well as money moved directly from retirement accounts to charity.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Red Cross Volunteers Face Attacks at Ebola Victims’ Burials
Red Cross aid workers assigned to safely bury people killed by Ebola in Guinea are regularly subjected to physical and verbal abuse by those attending the funerals, which eschew traditional rituals because the bodies are contagious, Reuters and The New York Times write.