Ms. Block left an estimated $160-million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. and Ms. Arnold, ages 39 and 40, respectively, gave $235.9-million to the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Allen gave $200-million to support arts and culture, education, and social-service programs, primarily in the Pacific Northwest.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mr. Mitchell pledged $50-million to the University of South Alabama.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Giving Pledge Signers Gave Big in 2013 but Not Much for Today’s Needs
Melinda Gates says the pledge has inspired people to give more and earlier, but some observers want more concrete information about results.
By Nicole Lewis
Contributor
Mr. Rubenstein made large donations to at least 11 nonprofits in 2013. He pledged the biggest amount, $50-million, to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No. 30: Robert and Patricia Kern
Mr. and Ms. Kern pledged $67.3-million to the Mayo Clinic’s Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Calif. Mulls Barring Judges From Boy Scouts Leadership
The California Supreme Court’s ethics advisory committee recommended that state judges be barred from affiliating with the Boy Scouts of America because of the youth group’s prohibition on gay and lesbian troop leaders, the San Francisco Chronicle writes.
GOP Leaders Call on IRS to Drop Nonprofit-Politicking Reform
In a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, congressional Republicans urged the agency to scrap proposed new restrictions on electioneering by tax-exempt “social welfare” groups, Bloomberg reports.
Ex-Head of N.J. Nonprofit Charged With $380,000 Embezzlement
The former executive director of the East Orange Revitalization and Development Corporation was arrested Thursday on allegations of stealing from the organization, which works on building low-income housing, The Star-Ledger of Newark.