Pacifica Head Ordered to Leave Office After 2-Month Standoff
Summer Reese, the fired executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, ended a two-month occupation of her former office Monday after a judge ordered her to leave the nonprofit radio network’s Berkeley, Calif., premises, the Oakland Tribune reports.
Poll Finds Utahans Are Biggest U.S. Donors of Time and Money
Utah residents are the most generous with their time and money among the 50 states, with nearly half reporting to Gallup pollsters that they both donate cash to charity and volunteer, Fast Company writes.
4 Charged with Diverting Millions From NYC Special Ed Center
The suspects are accused of stealing more than $12-million in New York City and state funds from an education charity serving developmentally disabled children, reports The New York Times.
N.Y. Charges Korean-American Group’s Head With $780,000 Theft
Korean Social Service Center President Ock Chul Ha was charged Tuesday with defrauding elderly members of New York’s Korean community of hundreds of thousands of dollars through a housing-benefit scam, writes the Associated Press.
4 Years Later, Debate Clouds Zuckerberg’s Gift to Newark Schools
The origin and progress of a $100-million donation to the school system of Newark, N.J., in 2010 by the head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is detailed in an exhaustiveNew Yorker feature. The project was intended to be a national model for education reform.
New CEO of AARP Promises Focus on Employment, Digital Skills
AARP will appoint veteran insider Jo Ann Jenkins as its new chief executive, writes The Washington Post. More than 40 percent of AARP’s 37-million members are not retired, so the organization must help them learn to apply for jobs online, among other digital skills, Jenkins says.
Charity’s Video With Sexy Recitation of Poverty Data Goes Viral
A creative video posted last week by the global aid charity Save the Children in which models were tricked into reciting grim poverty and health statistics in sexy voices had rung up more than 1.9 million YouTube views as of Monday, The New York Times reports.
N.J. Man Jailed for Cheating Charities on Fundraiser Prizes
A man from Woodland Park, N.J., was sentenced Monday to three years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $770,000 to nonprofit groups to which he promised but failed deliver prizes to be auctioned at fundraisers, The Record of northern New Jersey reports.
Ex-Head of Florida Charity Gets 39 Years in $900,000 Theft
The former executive director of a now-defunct facility in Fort Myers, Fla., that served people with disabilities was convicted last month of embezzling from the organization, Fox 4 news of Fort Myers reports.
Met Opera Musicians Agree to Strike If Contract Talks Fail
The union representing the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra voted Monday to authorize a strike if negotiations with management do not produce a new contract before the musicians’ current deal expires at the end of July, The New York Times writes.