Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift to Cincinnati Zoo
June 8, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Cincinnati Zoo’s $50 Million Gift Is Just the Beginning of a Big Plan (Cincinnati Enquirer)
DePauw Lands $20 Million Gift From Former Wells Fargo Chairman and Wife (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Starts a Nonprofit Biotech in Boston (Forbes)
About Giving and Fundraising
Using Design Thinking to Help Nonprofits Raise Money (Harvard Business Review)
Research: How to Get Narcissists to Give Money to Charity (MarketWatch)
Conservative Couple Flexes Muscle as Political Donors and Philanthropists (New York Times)
Rural Grant Makers Urge Philanthropies to Let Communities Lead the Way (Daily Yonder)
Review: The New Oprah Exhibit Looks Like a Reward for Her $21 Million Donation. But Honestly, She Deserves It. (Washington Post)
Legal News
Inquiry of Greitens’s Nonprofit Likely to Continue (Kansas City Star)
Former Ark. Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme Involving Nonprofit Official (Associated Press)
Md. Officials Warn About Scams Disguised as Charities (Associated Press)
Bible Charity Fined Under Data-Protection Rules After Hack (Financial Times)
The Crimes That Fueled a Fantastic Brazilian Museum (Bloomberg)
About Nonprofit Investing
N.C. University Built a ‘Responsible’ Fund That’s Outperforming Its Main Portfolio (Bloomberg)
Red Cross Hires Outside Firm to Manage Endowment (Boston Globe)
More News and Features
Book Review: The Lies We Tell About Foreign Aid (NPR)
What’s Going On at the Nation’s Premier Historically Black University? (Washington Post)
E-Cigarette Sellers Turn to Scholarships to Promote Brands (Associated Press)
Documentary Looks at Who Can Take the Heat in Culinary-Training Program (Washington Post)
Charles Koch Foundation: You Can’t Legislate Free Inquiry on Campus (New York Times)
