Daily News Roundup: What Will Jeff Bezos Do With All That Money?
January 10, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Jeff Bezos Is the Richest Person in the World. What Good Will He Do With All That Money? (Recode)
$80 Million in Lilly Grants Ensures Long-Term Survival of 10 Social-Service Nonprofits (Indianapolis Star)
San Antonio Top Cop Under Fire After Releasing Immigrants Found in Tractor Trailer to Charity (CNN)
Activists Who Attended the Golden Globes Say Women in Hollywood “Are Trying to Learn From Us” (BuzzFeed News)
Opinion: A Year of Pushback to Save Social Innovation (The New York Times)
Nonprofits and Taxes
Calif. and Other States Seek to Sidestep Key Provision of GOP Tax Overhaul (Los Angeles Times)
Tax Overhaul to Make 2018 a Painful Year for Colleges (Bloomberg)
Opinion: Scheme to Turn Property Taxes Into Donations Puts the Charitable Deduction at Risk (NJ.com)
About Impact Investing
NYC Taking Steps to Divest Pension Funds of Fossil Fuels (The Wall Street Journal — subscription)
This New Blockchain Protocol Wants to Create Accountability for Impact Investing (Fast Company)
Wall Street Fighters, Do-Gooders — and Sting — Converge in New Jana Fund (The Wall Street Journal — subscription)