December 20: Trump Attacks N.Y. Attorney General Over Foundation Lawsuit: Daily News Roundup
December 20, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News for December 20
Judge Approves Deal to Close Trump Foundation (Associated Press). Plus: Trump Lashes Out at N.Y. Attorney General Who Sued His Foundation (Washington Post)
Steven Spielberg Expands Mission of Shoah Foundation, Using Stories to Fight Hate (New York Times)
Justice Dept. Sues Over Conservation Easements (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
More News
Jack Dorsey Sought Publicity for Charitable Foundation (San Francisco Chronicle)
George Soros Named Financial Times Person of Year, Partly Because of Philanthropy (Financial Times)
Matt Damon’s Charity Takes Impact-Investing Plunge (Forbes)
Metal to the Pedal: Metallica Donates $1 Million to Community Colleges (Forbes)
Ideas, Opinion, and Innovation
How Charity: Water Is Reinventing Philanthropy With Data and Compassion (Forbes). See the organization founder’s recent interview in the Chronicle.
Sheryl Sandberg Was Supposed to Change the World With Nonprofits. What Went Wrong? (BuzzFeed News)
Museum Mega-Shows Are Casualties of Their Own Success (Bloomberg)
Critique of Trump Philanthropy
Trump Could Still Face Liability After Charity Shutdown (Conversation)
How Philanthropy Became a Political Tool for the Wealthy (GQ)
Opinion: ‘How Can a Family That Can’t Run a Charity Run a Country?’ (New York Times)
Trump Foundation Shows Just How Light Our Oversight of Charity Is (Vox)
