Top Silicon Valley Charity Leaders’ Pay Averages $500,000-Plus
The 25 highest-paid nonprofit leaders in Silicon Valley, not counting hospital executives, earned $520,000 on average in 2012, and pay for the top 100 was more than $300,000, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Study: Minorities Underrepresented at Environmental Groups
A study issued Monday on staffing at environmental organizations found that a “green ceiling” remains in place for people of color, who represent 38 percent of the U.S. population but just 12 percent to 15.5 percent of employees at green groups, the Los Angeles Times writes.
U.S. Appeals Court Says Cross Can Stay at 9/11 Museum
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a cross-shaped steel beam found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center is a primarily historical rather than religious artifact and can remain on display at the newly opened National September 11 Memorial & Museum, CNN and the New York Daily News report.
What Are the Wealthy Thinking Now?
Catch up on trends in fundraising in a conversation recorded at the 2014 Fundraising Day in New York last month.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Video: A Growing Wave of Giving From Small Grant Makers and Individuals
Small foundations and wealthy individuals increasingly are having an outsize role in philanthropy and social change.
Justice Dept. Seeks to Shield Anti-Iran Nonprofit’s Files
The Obama administration has gone to court to prevent disclosure of files from an influential advocacy group that takes a hard-line stance on hobbling Iran’s nuclear program, saying that making the papers public could compromise continuing investigations, The New York Times writes.
Comcast Largesse Goes to Lawmakers’ Charitable Causes
The telecommunications giant has spread its philanthropy to organizations and causes favored by several members of Congress as its seeks approval for a proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes.
Departing Ind. Charity Head Drew Heat for Stockpiling Assets
The president and CEO of a northern Indiana grant maker is stepping down after a decades-long career that saw him draw praise for funding a wide range of local charities and criticism for not doling out more as his organization’s coffers swelled to $358-million, writes the Lafayette Journal & Courier.
Md. Woman Gets 46 Months in $5-Million Theft From Charity
A former administrative assistant for the nonprofit network of medical schools that operates the MCAT admissions test had admitting to using phony invoices to serially steal from the organization for eight years, The Washington Post reports.
Chinese Tycoons Criticized at Home for Harvard Donation
Real-estate billionaires Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin are drawing fire on Chinese social media for giving $15-million to Harvard University as part of a $100-million global scholarship fund rather than putting the money into improving education in their home country, Agence France-Presse and Forbes report.