Daily News Roundup: Food for the Poor’s Charity Status Under Attack
May 11, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Food for the Poor’s Charity Status Under Siege Over Drug Donations (Sun Sentinel)
VIP Packages Cost $100,000 for Glitzy Clinton Foundation Gala (New York Post)
Democrats Donate $9,000 in Schneiderman Contributions to Domestic-Violence Charity (New York Post)
This App Delivers Leftover Food to the Hungry Instead of the Trash (Fast Company)
Giving News
Churchgoers Say Gifts to Charity and Needy Count as Tithing (Religion News Service)
U. of Maryland School of Medicine to Receive $20 Million Gift (Baltimore Sun)
News About the Wellcome Fund
Health Charity Wellcome Pledges Funds and Calls for Rapid Response to Ebola in Congo (Reuters)
Report Harassment or Risk Losing Funding, Says Top British Science Donor (Nature). Also, see a Chronicle article about what the foundation is doing to tackle its own gender pay gap.
About Arts and Culture
Historical Lincoln Items Could Go on Auction Block Amid Presidential Museum Foundation Money Woes (Chicago Tribune)
Director of Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera Resigns (Washington Post)
U.S. Has 23 Unesco World Heritage Sites (Washington Post)
About Harassment and Abuse
Southern Baptist Leader Apologizes for Sermon Example About Teenage Girl’s Physical Appearance (Washington Post)
Opinion: Churches Can No Longer Hide Domestic Violence (New York Times)
