Obituary: Kenneth Tomlinson, 69, Controversial Public Broadcasting Leader
The conservative journalist served two years as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a tenure marked by controversy over his campaign against what he said was liberal bias on the public airwaves, The New York Times writes.
Federal Auditors Eye Relief Charity’s Staffing and Confidentiality Rules
Federal government auditors are examining stringent confidentiality agreements demanded of employees at a nonprofit agency that has received hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for humanitarian and development efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Washington Post writes.
Study Faults Nonprofit Research Groups on Donor Transparency
A first-of-its-kind review of prominent think tanks’ records on disclosing their funding sources gives low marks for transparency to several prominent research and policy organizations on the left and the right, according to The New York Times.
L.A. Union Wins Delay in Release of Financial Records
The largest union representing Los Angeles water and power workers won a last-minute reprieve Tuesday from a court order mandating that it submit financial records from a pair of union-led trusts to government auditors, reports The Los Angeles Times.
Stanford U. Endowment to Divest Stock in Coal Companies
The university announced Tuesday it will purge its $18.7-billion endowment of stock in coal-mining businesses, becoming the first major school to back a nationwide push to curb universities’ investments in fossil fuels, reports The New York Times.
N.Y. Charity’s Ex-CFO Pleads Guilty in Larceny Scheme
Herbert Friedman, the former chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty pleaded guilty Tuesday to grand larceny and conspiracy charges in connection with the $9-million kickback scheme that is also expected to send the charity’s longtime director to prison, reports The Jewish Daily Forward.
Auction of Donated Monet Yields Nothing for Corcoran Gallery
A rarely seen Claude Monet painting bequeathed by the reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark to the Corcoran Gallery of Art sold at auction Tuesday for $24-million, but the financially strapped Washington, D.C., museum will see none of the money, writes The Washington Post.
Johns Hopkins to Expand Cancer Center With $65-Million Gift
A new building at the university’s Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center will be named for Albert P. “Skip” Viragh Jr. following a $65-million donation from the late financier’s foundation, The Baltimore Sun writes.
Australian Hospital Magnate Leaves $3-Billion to Foundation
Paul Ramsay, who died last week at age 78, left his stake in the hospital network he founded to his health-care-focused Paul Ramsay Foundation, United Press International and The Sydney Morning Herald report.
Big Firms’ Aid to Clinton Foundation Draws Pre-2016 Scrutiny
Twenty-nine of the 30 companies listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have donated money or in-kind support to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation or its philanthropic offshoots, according to Bloomberg.