Daily News Roundup: Silicon Valley Fund Widens Inquiry Into Workplace Complaints
April 25, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
About Sexual Harassment and Nonprofits
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Widens Inquiry Into ‘Toxic’ Workplace (San Jose Mercury News). See the Chronicle’s coverage of the investigation and questions about whether CEO Emmett Carson will can stay in the job.
Harassment at New York Public Radio Wasn’t ‘Systemic,’ Investigation Finds (Cut)
Salk Institute Places a Star Geneticist on Leave Over Allegations About His Conduct (Los Angeles Times)
About Giving and Grant Making
School Board Slated to OK $25 Million Stephen Schwarzman Donation (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Lawsuit Seeks Details of University’s Ties With Koch Foundation (Washington Post)
The NRA Just Broke a 15-year Fundraising Record (Miami Herald)
Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Effort for Arts and Mental Health (New York Times)
Opinion: Too Many Philanthropists and Impact Investors Chase Scale (Financial Times — subscription)
About Justice Causes
A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. (New York Times)
Opinion: Equal Justice Initiative Founder Bryan Stevenson Wants Us to Confront Our Country’s Racial Terrorism and Then Say, ‘Never again’ (Washington Post). See also the Chronicle’s profile of Bryan Stevenson, the driving force behind the museum’s creation.
Arnold Foundation Seeks Improvements, Greater Use of its Method for Sizing Up Criminal Defendants (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
About Nonprofit Management
Wounded Warrior CEO Optimistic Group Can Recover From Scandal (News4, Jacksonville). Plus: See the Chronicle’s coverage of the fundraising drop at Wounded Warrior.
A Professional Troublemaker’s Guide for Young Activists: A Memoir From Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards (New York Times)