Daily News Roundup: Elite Colleges Caught Up in Fight Over Tax Proposals
November 15, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Elite Colleges With Fat Endowments Are on the Defensive as the GOP Drags Them Into the Tax Fight (The Boston Globe). Plus, see The Chronicle’s special report on stockpiling nonprofit endowments.
Tax Proposals Could Cause Billions in Losses to Charities (NBC News). Plus, see The Chronicle’s latest report on the tax measures in the Senate and House.
Bill Gates to Donate $50 Million to Fund Advancing Alzheimer’s Research (Healthcare IT News)
National Trust for Historic Preservation Sets Up $25 Million Fund to Preserve African-American Historical Sites (Associated Press)
About Disaster Relief
Why Puerto Rico Is Getting the Brunt of ‘Donor Fatigue’ (Associated Press)
Thousands of Puerto Ricans Are Still in Shelters. Now What? (NPR)
About Museums
Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum in Montgomery Sets April Opening (Montgomery Advertiser). Also, see The Chronicle’s profile of Bryan Stevenson, head of the Equal Justice Initiative, the nonprofit behind the new museum.
Director Olga Viso Quits Walker Art Center Amid Tensions With Board (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Other News and Features About Nonprofits
Activist Took on Colombia’s Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced. (The New York Times)
Pale, Male, and Stale: Older White Men Dominate British Charity Boards (Reuters). Plus, see The Chronicle’s look at the composition of foundation boards in the United States.
The Largest Basic Income Experiment in History Just Launched in Kenya (Business Insider). Plus, see an opinion article from The Chronicle on the popularity of basic-income plans in philanthropy.
Mich. Nonprofits Mobilize to Encourage Participation in 2020 Census (Crain’s Detroit Business)
