Daily News Roundup: Food Banks in S. Carolina Already Low on Supplies

Top News

Carolina Food Banks, Already Short on Supplies, Are in Desperate Need of Donations (CNN)

Why This U. of Michigan Regent Just Returned Thousands in Campaign Donations (Detroit Free Press)

Woman Sues the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Board to Get Her Mother’s Sculptures Returned (Washington Post). See more from the Chronicle about steps nonprofits can take to prevent donor lawsuits.

Judge Sides With Ex-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Executive in Lawsuit Against Organization (GeekWire)

On Jeff Bezos’s Philanthropy

See the Chronicle’s coverage Jeff Bezos’s announcement of a new $2 billion philanthropy fund to aid the homeless and build preschools in poor communities.

Here are some perspectives from other news outlets:

Bezos’s $2 Billion Charity Expands His Influence (Axios)

Amazon’s Bezos Finally Sketches Out His Philanthropic Vision (Bloomberg)

$2 Billion in Charity Is Not Enough for Jeff Bezos to Slink Out of the Public Limelight (Recode)

Jeff Bezos Is Donating Money to Fix a Problem His Company Perpetuates (Fast Company)

Big Gifts

$66 Million Gift Announced for Cambridge Tower Project at U. of Kansas Hospital (Wyandotte Daily)

Historic $50 Million Gift Fuels New School Campus at Detroit’s Marygrove College (Detroit Free Press)

About Nonprofits and Sex Abuse and Harassment

Report: Jewish-American Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Accused of ‘Inappropriate Sexual Remarks’ (Haaretz)

Fall of a W.V. Bishop Widens the Catholic Crisis Over Sex Abuse (New York Times)

President of Children’s Charity Tried to Meet 14-Year-Old for Sex in San Francisco, Police Say (San Francisco Chronicle)

About Nonprofits and Innovation

Detroit-Based Nonprofit Offering $10 Million in Community Impact Notes to Support Women Entrepreneurs (Crain’s Detroit Business)

Study: Giving Out Cash in Uganda Helped After 4 years. After 9 Years, Not So Much. (Vox)