Changes to Combined Federal Campaign Delayed One Year
The new rules, now set to begin in 2017, will prohibit federal workers from making donations in cash and charge participating nonprofits a fee instead of taking a portion of donations.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Montclair State Gets $20 Million, and Drew Brees Donates $1 Million to Purdue
Other notable gifts include $10 million to Belmont University for scholarships for students in public high schools.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Unicef Creates Researcher-in-Residence Role With Support From Bloomberg
The scholar will help the charity build its ability to analyze big data and help data scientists learn how they can help humanitarian groups.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Proposed Overtime Changes May Strain Some Nonprofit Budgets
The federal rule would extend overtime benefits to employees who make up to $50,440 a year — more than double the current income threshold.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
The top-level web domain was originally intended for nonprofits, though its use has expanded to include other types of organizations.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: $60 Million to U. of Michigan for Entrepreneurship
Also included: a $1 million gift to Rutgers Law School to start a summer fellowship for public-interest law.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Nonprofit Teaches People to Raise Money for Rare Diseases Through Crowdfunding
The Rare Genomics Institute encourages participants to seek money from friends and family instead of the public.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Quickly Organized Crowdfunding Campaign Raises $570,000 for Baltimore
Launched by the local United Way after the death of Freddie Gray, with an original goal of $20,000, the drive reached $100,000 in two days and kept going from there.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Mich. Community College Receives $1 Million for New Campus
Other notable awards include $500,000 for a group that helps children with developmental disabilities and $240,000 for nonprofits that work with public schools in needy areas of Silicon Valley.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
A Mismatch Between Need and Affluence
American communities with high standards of living often don’t have high charitable giving rates, a new Chronicle analysis finds.
By Ben Myers and Rebecca Koenig