Daily News Roundup: Banks and Universities Often Have Lucrative Partnerships
January 29, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News About Nonprofits
Banks Pay Big Bucks for Top Billing on College Campuses (Wall Street Journal—subscription)
Employee Theft ‘Shockingly Common’ at Nonprofits (Boston Globe)
Focus on Sexual Harassment at Nonprofits
Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct in Their Own Churches (NPR)
NCAA President Mark Emmert Was Alerted to Michigan State Sexual-Assault Reports in 2010 (Athletic)
The National Gallery of Art Cancels a Chuck Close Show After Sexual Misconduct Accusations (New York Times)
More News
Director of Queens Museum Steps Down Amid Disagreements Over Political Outspokenness (New York Times)
Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood (New York Times)
The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker (New York Times)
Fight at Berkshire Museum Doesn’t Look Like a Norman Rockwell Painting (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
The Chef Tom Colicchio Quits a Food-Policy Group He Started (New York Times)
After the Fires, Sonoma County Nonprofits See Greater Needs, Fewer Dollars (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Opinion
There’s an Argument for Foundations to Spend Their Money Fast (Financial Times) Plus, see a Chronicle opinion article from Joel Fleishman, a Duke professor and author of from Putting Wealth to Work: Philanthropy for Today or Investing for Tomorrow?
The Sackler Family Made Billions From OxyContin. Why Do Top U.S. Colleges Take Money Tainted by the Opioid Crisis? (Guardian)
Sports and Philanthropy
In a Busy Year, Malcolm Jenkins Raised a Fist and Checked All the Boxes (New York Times)
NFL Philanthropy Was Led by J.J. Watt’s Charge and Todd Gurley’s Fantasy Fame, Colin Kaepernick’s Spark, and Fans’ Creativity (Yahoo Sports)
Budweiser Features Philanthropy Work for Super Bowl LII, Benches Famous Clydesdales (Wall Street Journal — subscription)