Lawsuit Against Trump and His Nonprofit Allowed to Proceed: Daily News Roundup
November 26, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News and Opinion
N.Y. State Judge Allows Suit Against Trump and His Personal Charity to Proceed (Washington Post)
Soros Philanthropy President Calls for U.S. Lawmakers to Review Facebook (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Phil Knight Gives His Foundation $109 Million (Portland Business Journal — subscription). Plus, see a Chronicle article about Phil Knight’s gift of $1 billion in Nike stock in October and his ranking in the Philanthropy 50 list of top donors.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Donates $97.5 Million to Nonprofit Groups Helping Homeless (Bloomberg News)
Plus see this article about the Bezos gift and an analysis of what it means.
4 Ways to Make Giving Large Donations to Small Groups Easier (New York Times)
Opinion: Stop the Tax on Houses of Worship (Wall Street Journal — subscription). Plus, see an Chronicle opinion article on the impact of the tax on all nonprofits.
Opinion: We Don’t Know Who Was Paying Matthew Whitaker. That’s a Problem (Washington Post). See more from Ray Madoff, the author of the Post article, in this Chronicle opinion piece.
About Year-End Giving and Fundraising
Opinion: Americans Are Widely Generous Around the Holidays. And Then It Stops (Washington Post)
Opinion: Why #GivingTuesday Isn’t the Best Way for Nonprofits to Raise Money (Plain Dealer). Plus, read a Chronicle article about six things that data tell us about this Giving Tuesday.
Time to Donate! (New York Times)
Why Charity Walkathons Are Suffering (Atlantic). Plus, see Chronicle features about how fast-growing charities — St. Baldrick’s Foundation and the Pan Mass Challenge — are strengthening their top fundraising events.
Articles About Nonprofits From the Holiday Weekend
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