Daily News Roundup: Jill Biden Joins Save the Children as Board Chair

Save the Children Taps Jill Biden to Head Board: The longtime teacher and wife of former Vice President Joe Biden said the international charity’s emphasis on education as part of its aid mission “fits with my life’s work,” the Associated Press reports. Since Mr. Biden left office, the couple has deepened ties to the nonprofit world, launching the Biden Foundation earlier this month.

Harold Alfond Foundation to Tackle Maine Students’ Debt: The grant maker announced a $5.5 million program to pay up to half of outstanding college loans for graduates in science, technology, education, and math who commit to working for at least five years for Maine businesses in those fields, writes the Portland Press Herald.

Supreme Court Rejects Tea Party Group’s Bid to Sue IRS Officials: The justices left in place an appeals-court ruling that True the Vote could not sue individual Internal Revenue Service employees, including Lois Lerner, former head of the agency’s nonprofits unit, for their roles in subjecting its application for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny, reports the Associated Press.

Opinion: Charities Must Do More Than Avoid Mar-a-Lago: As President Trump moves to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it “isn’t enough” for groups to eschew his Florida estate for fundraising events, as Dana-Farber Cancer Institute said it will do following its controversial gala there last week, Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi writes. “In the long run, a willingness to speak out against Trump’s policies is more important than changing locations,” she says. Read a Chronicle article about charities facing a backlash for hiring out Mar-a-Lago.

Scrutiny of Ex-N.Y. College Leader Expands to Second Nonprofit: Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records related to payments from the City College Fund to Lisa Coico, the institution’s former president, The New York Times reports. Ms. Coico resigned last year amid an investigation into her use of funds from the 21st Century Foundation, another City College fundraising affiliate.