Daily News Roundup: Amherst Gets Anonymous $50 Million Donation
September 11, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News on Giving
Amherst Gets Anonymous $50 Million Gift (Amherst news release). See our database of big gifts.
Sinquefield Donation to Saint Louis University Causes Controversy (University News)
Gates Foundation Gives $20.5 Million to Johns Hopkins’s Bloomberg Teen Reproductive-Health Study (Baltimore Sun)
Multibillion-Dollar Question: What in the World (or Universe) Will Jeff Bezos Do With His Riches? (GeekWire)
Golf Tournament Raises $56.6 Million for Va. School for At-Risk Youths (WVVA)
About Nonprofits and the Law
Ariz. Charter Board Allows State Representative to Make Millions by Transferring For-Profit Charter School Chain to a Nonprofit (Arizona Republic)
How the N.Y. AG Contenders Would Run the State’s Charities Bureau (City & State)
Calif. Scientist’s Son Suing Cryonics Nonprofit for Incorrectly Freezing Father’s Body (San Francisco Chronicle)
More News
Children Rights Charity Wins $1 Million Humanitarian Prize (Associated Press)
U. of Kentucky Opens Student Philanthropy Center (Associated Press)
Study: More Nonprofits Moving Into New Spaces (Associations Now)
Obituary: For Rich DeVos, Giving Away His Millions Was a Full-Time Job (Grand Rapids Press)
