Women of Color Call for Gender-Neutral ‘Brother’s Keeper’
More than 1,000 minority women have signed a letter calling for women and girls to be included in President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” project to improve the lives of men of color, reports The Washington Post.
Public TV Station in D.C. to Take Control of ‘PBS NewsHour’
WETA said Wednesday it will take full ownership of “PBS NewsHour,” public television’s flagship news program, on July 1, reports The New York Times.
Chinese Mogul Offers $300 and Free Lunch to Poor in U.S.
The flamboyant Chinese philanthropist Chen Guangbiao is inviting “poor and destitute Americans” to a charity lunch in Manhattan next week and offering $300 cash handouts to all who attend, CNN reports, citing Chinese media.
Somaly Mam Foundation Must Do More Than Rebrand, Experts Say
The anti-trafficking organization faces a tough road ahead after allegations that its founder fabricated stories about victims, experts say.
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N.Y. Charity’s Ex-Chief of Finances Gets 4 Months in Kickback Scheme
Herbert Friedman, former chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, admitted last month to profiting from the 20-year conspiracy that siphoned $9-million from the New York City charity, the Jewish Daily Forward reports.
Charity Leaders Eye U.K. for Expansion of ‘Giving Tuesday’
Henry Timms, the British-born founder of the post-Thanksgiving philanthropic event, was in London this week to talk about plans to launch Giving Tuesday in his native country, and a leading U.K. nonprofit umbrella group is backing the initiative, The Independent reports.
In Wichita, Koch Name Means Giving as Well as Politics
The political charge that has built up around Charles and David Koch and their financing of conservative causes and candidates means little to many people in their Kansas home town, where the billionaire brothers’ economic and philanthropic impact runs deep, writes The New York Times.
Calif. Budget Reverses Stagnant Spending for the Arts
The 2014-15 spending plan approved by lawmakers and awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature includes an allocation of $5-million that would reverse more than a decade of stagnant state allocations for the grant-making California Arts Council, reports the Los Angeles Times.
3 Universities Get Generous Gifts for Medicine and Engineering
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the University of Calgary will use the money to achieve advances in medicine, while the University of Wisconsin at Madison will create an interdisciplinary center for engineering research, according to news reports.
Top IRS Official to Testify on Lost Emails in Probe of Nonprofits
The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, will appear before two House committees next week to address the agency’s loss of thousands of emails to and from Lois Lerner, the central figure in probes of alleged IRS targeting of conservative groups, reports The New York Times.