Daily News Roundup: Koch Foundation Boosts Giving to Universities
November 16, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Charles Koch Foundation Boosts Donations to Universities (The Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Vera Institute for Justice Pledges to Match Cities’ Spending on Legal Aid for Undocumented Immigrants (The Sacramento Bee)
Gates Foundation and Abu Dhabi Pair to Fight Forgotten Diseases (The Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Financial Firm Managing $12 Billion Creates Donor Tool to Compete for Charity-Minded Customers (Bloomberg)
Governments and Nonprofits Test Cash Grants to the Poor as Cure for Capitalism’s Ills (The New York Times). Plus, see a Chronicle opinion piece about how cash guarantees are a hot new topic.
More Giving News
Foundations Pledge Initial $5 Million for Battered Puerto Rico (Associated Press)
Art for Justice Fund Created by Sale of Famous Painting Awards $22 Million in Grants (The New York Times)
University of St. Thomas Receives $50 Million From GHR Foundation (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
U.N. Climate Fund Promised Billions to Poor Nations. For Some, the Wait Is Long. (The New York Times)
About Museums
Museum of the Bible Confronts the Challenge of Presenting Slavery and the Confederacy (The Washington Post)
Obituary: Karl Katz, Museum Director in New York and Israel (The New York Times)
