Canada’s Tax Office: ‘Preventing’ Poverty Not Charity Work
In another sign of tension between Canada’s government and the country’s nonprofits, the tax agency held up a noted aid group’s application to renew its charity status because its stated mission included preventing as well as relieving poverty, according to the Canadian Press.
$100-Million Gift Pushes Oregon University to Brink of Securing $500-Million Match
The anonymous pledge is part of a $1-billion drive for the Knight Cancer Institute.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Average Nonprofit Spends 3.2% of Budget on Technology, Report Says
The amount groups are spending has changed little in the past year, according to a study of 781 organizations.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Paul Ryan Introduces New Anti-Poverty Plan
Rep. Paul D. Ryan introduced a new anti-poverty plan that would merge dozens of existing programs into an “Opportunity Grant,” shifting the bulk of the work to combat poverty to the states, The New York Times reports.
Senate Contender Puts Down Opponent’s Nonprofit Background
A Georgia Republican Senate candidate took a swipe at his opponent’s credentials as a longtime nonprofit professional, the Huffington Post reports.
NYC Taps Cultural Institutions to Promote New ID Cards
The New York City Mayor’s Office is turning to major cultural institutions to help create incentives around a new municipal identification card, The New York Times reports.
Gehry Architecture Firm to Design L.A. Social-Service Facility
Gehry Partners, the namesake firm of legendary architect Frank Gehry, has been hired to design facilities for a nonprofit social-service provider in South Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Arts Center in the South of France Faces Money Crunch
The Maeght Foundation, a popular art museum that attracts 200,000 visitors each year to its campus outside the French city of Nice, is facing a financial and management crisis, according to The Economist.
House GOP: Data from Lerner Hard Drive May Be Recoverable
Congressional Republicans say the faulty hard drive that the Internal Revenue Service has blamed for the loss of ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails was less damaged than believed and that backup tapes with the data may still be available, The Washington Post writes.
Schools Agenda Links Walton Family and Orthodox Jewish Group
The Christian owners of retail giant Walmart have become the largest financial backers of Agudath Israel of America, an ultra-Othodox Jewish network that shares the Walton family’s support for public funding of religious schools, according to The Jewish Daily Forward.