Boy Scouts Considering Bankruptcy Filing; Google Donation Tool; Daily News Roundup
December 13, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Boy Scouts of America Considering Bankruptcy Filing Amid Sex-Abuse Lawsuits (CNN)
Google Will Let Android Users Donate Directly to Nonprofits Through the Play Store (Verge). Plus, see more from the Chronicle about online giving efforts by Facebook.
Senate Votes to Overturn Treasury Rule Restricting Donor Disclosure (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Australian Gives $4 Billion Fortune to Charity (Sydney Morning Herald)
More News
Dispute Gets More Serious as United Methodist Church Sues Glide Foundation (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mystery Donor Gives Va. Museum of Fine Arts $40 Million Painting (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Upright Citizens Brigade, Facing Financial Struggles, Announces Layoffs (New York Times)
JPMorgan Chase Lends Chicago Nonprofit $10 Million to Fund Development on Chicago’s South and West Sides (Chicago Tribune)
March of Dimes Ends Ties With Charleston Rifle Club That Denied Black Applicant (Associated Press)
About Nonprofits and Politics
GOP Governor Blames Soros and ProPublica for Recent Criticism (Washington Post)
Clinton Foundation Raises Objections to Reporting of the Hill’s John Solomon (Washington Post)
Ideas, Opinion and Innovation
Scaling Up Philanthropy Is Hard: Here’s Why (Vox)
Impact Investing Could Accelerate the Fight Against Cancer (Harvard Business Review)
This Is the Charitable Fix to Holiday Gift Cards (Fast Company)
People in Philanthropy
St. David’s Foundation Announces CEO Earl Maxwell’s Retirement (Austin American-Statesman)
Obituary: Victoria Sant, a Philanthropic Force in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)
