Daily News Roundup: Huge Wealth Magnifies Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scandal

Top News

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scandal Magnified Because of Organization’s Huge Wealth, Impact (Silicon Valley Business Journal). Plus, see the Chronicle’s coverage of the harassment allegations that forced the departure of one of the organization’s top executives.

N.J. Ruling Could Reignite Battle Over Church-State Separation (New York Times)

Opinion: How the Human-Rights Movement Failed (New York Times)

Trump Administration Pushes Abstinence in Teen Pregnancy Programs (New York Times)

Big Gifts

UNC Cancer Research and Other Areas Get $10 Million Donation From Pope Foundation (News & Observer)

Kansas State College of Engineering Receives $22 Million Gift (Garden City Telegram)

Activist Dan Loeb Donates $15 Million to Success Academy Charter Schools (Bloomberg)

About Giving

Outside Donors Receive Scrutiny at Texas Universities (Texas Tribune)

Professor: A Disturbing Story About the Influence of the Koch Network in Higher Education (Washington Post)

The Philanthropist Pushing Bankers to Do Good (Bloomberg)

Other News

How a Local Habitat for Humanity Lost Its Way Amid Turmoil (Virginian-Pilot)

Obama Foundation Announces Leadership Training Program for Young Africans (USA Today)

Nonprofit Watchdog Shutting Down After Revelations of Conservative Support (Chicago Sun-Times and ProPublica)

About Arts and Culture

Selling Off Art to Support a Better World (New York Times)

Baltimore Museum of Art to Sell Works by Masters to Improve Artist Diversity (Baltimore Sun)

For Amazon’s HQ2, Great Museums Seem to Matter for the Locations on the Shortlist (Washington Post)