Daily News Roundup: Donor Chops $75 Million From Big Calif. Medical Gift
March 14, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Donor Cancels $75 Million From Megagift to Calif. Cancer-Research Center (San Diego Union-Tribune)
IRS Error Reveals Tech Money Pouring Into Goldman Sachs Donor-Advised Fund (Bloomberg)
‘Charity’ or ‘Blood Money’? OxyContin Maker Funds Efforts to Fight Opioid Addiction (Kaiser Health News)
In Poor Countries, Antismoking Activists Face Threats and Violence (New York Times)
House Democrat Seeks Data on Trump Organization’s Donation to U.S. Treasury (Associated Press)
About Giving
Auto-Parts Mogul’s $1 Billion Foundation to Get Fresh Cash Infusion With Art Sale (Bloomberg)
Latest XPrize Foundation Contest Offers $10 Million to Build Remote-Controlled Humanoid Robots (Fast Company)
Peer Network for Super Rich Expands, Offering Advice on Finance and Philanthropy (Reuters)
Opinion: Latinos Can Use Philanthropy to Strengthen Collective Power (Miami Herald)
Opinion: Late Red Sox Owner’s Giving Doesn’t Outweigh Legacy of Racial Harm (Boston Globe)
About Nonprofit Innovation
Nonprofit Develops Massive 3D Printer to Create Super-Cheap Housing for Poor (Fast Company)
Education Charity’s Program Helps Parents Teach Children, and Vice Versa (New York Times)
Arts News
How Public Art Serves as Philanthropic Calling Card for Corporate Foundation (Fast Company)
Opinion: After Defacing of Black-History Museum, What Happens Now on Nantucket? (Boston Globe)
Guards at National Gallery of Art in Washington Complain of Hostile Work Environment (Washington Post)
Opinion: Selling Off Art in Storage Not a Quick Financial Fix for Museums (Art Newspaper)
L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art Fires Chief Curator (Los Angeles Times)
