Media Mogul Diller Commits $130-Million for N.Y. River Park
Billionaire entertainment executive Barry Diller and the Hudson River Park Trust will announce plans Monday for a $170-million park and performance space off the western shore of Manhattan, with Mr. Diller providing most of the funding, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report.
Appeals Court Backs Obama on Contraceptive Opt-Out for Faith Groups
A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday in favor of the Obama administration’s accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to providing contraceptive coverage to employees under the Affordable Care Act, write The Wall Street Journal and The Christian Science Monitor.
Pfizer and Gates Launch Pact to Expand Birth-Control Access
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other aid groups announced an agreement Thursday to make a long-acting, easy-to-use contraceptive more widely and cheaply available to women in the developing world, Reuters and The New York Times report.
$55-Million Project to Double Size of Mass. Art Museum
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will formally unveil expansion plans Monday that will make it the country’s largest contemporary-art museum in terms of exhibition space, reports The Boston Globe.
UCLA Medical School Gets $50-Million From Ad Executive’s Estate
The estate of Norman Switzer, a Southern California businessman who made his fortune in bus-bench advertising, has given $50-million to the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Community Colleges Struggle for Share of Higher-Ed Giving
The New York Times looks closely at the challenges two-year colleges face in drawing a larger share of higher-education giving, focusing on work done by LaGuardia Community College in Queens in building a donor base.
Nonprofit News Site Focusing on Criminal Justice Draws Big Grant Makers’ Support
The Marshall Project, launching Monday, aims to shine a spotlight on the plight of prisoners.
By Michael Anft
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How the Survey of Nonprofit Endowments Was Compiled
More than 230 nonprofit organizations provided data.
By Lance Lambert
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Anti-Fossil-Fuel Movement Gains a Nonprofit Following
Membership in a network of foundations that have pledged to divorce themselves from fossil fuels has grown from 17 to 72 since January.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
Former Univision Chief Pledges Art Worth $500-Million
A. Jerrold Perenchio promised to bequeath his collection to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
By Caroline Bermudez
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