Daily News Roundup: Gates Foundation to Invest $1.7 Billion in New Education Focus

Gates Foundation News and Features

Gates Foundation to Shift Education Focus (U.S. News and World Report)

Bill and Melinda Gates on the Fight Against Global Inequality (Financial Times – subscription). Also, see the Chronicle article about a Gates report stressing the need for philanthropy amid aid cuts and our profile of the Gateses’ giving.

More Top News

Harvey Weinstein and Kenneth Cole Reportedly Covered Up a Suspicious Deal Involving a Charity (Business Insider)

Charity’s Promised Back Pay to Roy Moore Was Not Reported to the IRS as Income (The Washington Post)

Philanthropists Are Playing a Limited Role in Battling Climate Change (Financial Times — subscription)

Heritage Foundation Considers Top White House Aide, Cubs Co-owner as Next Leader (The Washington Post)

More News and Features

Why a Children’s Charity Chose Trump’s Mar-a-Lago for Its ‘Dream Gala’ (Palm Beach Daily News). Also, see a Chronicle article about charities’ split over ethics and fundraising risks of returning to Mar-a-Lago.

U. of Wisconsin Investigation Finds Illegal Foundation Deals Were Limited to One Campus (Wisconsin State Journal)

Behavioral Economics Has a Plan to Fight Poverty — and It’s All About Redesigning the ‘Cockpit’ (Quartz)

Opinion: Why Philanthropy Is Worth Defending in the Tax Code (RealClearPolitics) Also, see a Chronicle article about nonprofits battling to get the charitable deduction extended to all taxpayers.

Obituary: Helen DeVos, Mich. Philanthropist (CBS News)