Daily News Roundup: Metropolitan Opera Fires James Levine

Top News

Metropolitan Opera Fires Music Director James Levine After It Finds Evidence of Sexual Abuse (New York Times)

Cryptocurrency Craze Finds Few Fans at Foundations and Endowments. Maybe Not for Long (Bloomberg)

Brown U. Won’t Display House Linked to Rosa Parks, After Dispute (Washington Post)

Backed by a Band of Philanthropists, African Nonprofit Makes Significant Progress Reducing Childhood Deaths (Forbes)

Once a Selling Point, Mo. Gov. Greitens’s Charity Now Under Microscope (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Opinion: The New Tax Law

How to Get Around the New Tax Law’s Barriers to Charity (Forbes)

Charities Have Plenty of Opportunity to Advance Giving Despite Tax Law Losses (Tax Policy Center). See the entire piece on which this is based in the Chronicle.

Why Estate-Tax Changes Won’t Diminish Philanthropy (Wall Street Journal)

Other News

Donors Left Empty-Handed on Charity Data Questions (Financial Times)

$560 Million Powerball Winner Can Keep Her Name Private, Judge Rules (New York Times)

Opinion on Nonprofits and Donors

The Fight in Hungary Is Over George Soros’s Legacy (Bloomberg)

Is the NRA an Educational Organization? A Lobby Group? A Nonprofit? A Media Outlet? Yes. (The Conversation)

About the Arts

Special Section on Museums

Among the highlights:

Groups Provide Artists Financial Counseling Along With Grants (New York Times)

To Reach New Audiences, Museums Are Redefining What They Offer (New York Times)

About Giving

Chef José Andrés on the Moment That Changed His Charity (Washington Post)

Scholarship Program Announced for UVA Business School (Cavalier Daily)