Tenn. Prep School Receives $19-Million From Anonymous Grad
The McCallie School in Chattanooga will use the gift to bolster the private boys’ academy’s endowment, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations
Advocates now face a bigger job than they did two years ago helping “dreamers” achieve temporary legal status.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Two-Thirds of Americans Plan to Maintain Steady Giving by Year’s End
Improving economic confidence is expected to drive donations at levels slightly higher than in 2013, researchers say.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Spelman College Suspends Cosby Chair Amid Assault Claims
The all-women Atlanta college is indefinitely suspending a professorship endowed in part by a $20-million donation from Bill and Camille Cosby, becoming the latest institution of higher learning to distance itself from Mr. Cosby amid a flurry of sexual-assault accusations, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes.
SUNY Nonprofit Wing to Pay $3.75-Million in Fraud Settlement
A research foundation affiliated with the State University of New York system agreed to the payment to settle charges that it doctored audits of the state’s Medicaid program, The Post-Standard of Syracuse and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle report.
Pa. Sportscaster Withdraws Guilty Plea in Charity-Fraud Case
Don Tollefson, a longtime fixture on Philadelphia television who pleaded guilty in September to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people who purchased travel packages ostensibly to benefit charities, changed his plea Monday, his case should be handled as in civil rather than criminal court, the Allentown Morning Call writes.
Green Groups Say Campaign-Season Ads Were Not Electioneering
Several environmental charities that as 501(c)(3) groups are barred from political-campaign activity paid for advertisements that criticized or praised candidates in the 2014 elections, according to the Center for Public Integrity. The organizations, which risk losing their tax exemptions if they are found to have engaged in electioneering, said their ads did not specifically encourage people to vote for or against candidates and thus fall within IRS boundaries.
17 Jewish Charity Heads Earn $500,000+, Gender Gap Persists
A survey of CEO pay at 69 major Jewish nonprofits by The Jewish Daily Forward found that 17 executives received more than $500,000 in 2013 and that women held top posts at 11 of the groups, the same number as five years ago.
U. of Arizona Gets $20-Million Gift for Telescope Project
A technology entrepreneur, Richard F. Caris, donated $20-million toward the university’s participation in the Giant Magellan Telescope, an international effort to construct a higher-powered eye on the universe in the Chilean desert, reports The Arizona Republic.
Philly Dance Group to Get Penn Foundation Bridge Funds
The William Penn Foundation has agreed to provide transitional funding to Dance/UP, an umbrella organization for Philadelphia dance companies, after its denial of operational funds last month put the group on the path to closure, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes.