Daily News Roundup: Gates Foundation Seeks Comment on School Spending
October 24, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Gates Foundation Asks How to Spend $1 Billion on School Networks (Chalkbeat)
Sackler Family Philanthropy Built on Pharmaceutical Company That Some Blame for the Opioid Crisis (The New Yorker)
In Ky. Coal Country, Nonprofit Sees Drone Technology as the Future of Education — and Jobs (The 74)
About Fundraising and Giving
Dan Gilbert on His Courtship of Steve Ballmer and Jeff Bezos for Detroit Philanthropy (Crain’s Detroit Business)
5 Theaters Make Their Case to Foundations — Together (American Theater)
Milwaukee School of Engineering Lands $34 Million Gift for Next-Generation Tech Facility (Journal Sentinel)
About Museums
The Newseum Is Increasingly Relevant, but Can It Survive? (The New York Times)
Norman Rockwell’s Children Sue Berkshire Museum to Stop Sale of His Works (The New York Times)
More News and Features
The March for Science Aims to Become a Nonprofit, Build a Lasting Movement (The Washington Post)
Obituary: Russell Mawby, Former Longtime CEO of Kellogg Foundation (Crain’s Detroit Business)
