Muslim Charities Enjoying Big Ramadan
Muslim charities in Jordan have raised a lot of money during the holiday of Ramadan, Reuters reports. Traditionally, Muslims earn “double deeds” for good works during Ramadan, a monthlong holiday that is now coming to an end. The wire service said the charities had benefited from an increased…
Nonprofit Group That Oversees Organ Donations Criticized
The nonprofit group that monitors organ donations in the United States consistently fails to detect and amend serious problems at transplant centers, the Los Angeles Times reports. An investigation by the newspaper found that the United Network for Organ Sharing is slow to punish derelict hospitals…
Jewish Charities Rebut Criticism of Their Efforts to Aid Arabs
United Jewish Communities, the umbrella group that represents Jewish federations across North America, has struck back against critics who argued that money raised by the group to support emergency causes in Israel should not be used to support Arab citizens, The Forward reports. Americans for a…
More Scientists Turn to Gates Fund for Grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has become “a magnetic new force in research underwriting The Boston Globe reports. Many traditional research sponsors, including the federal government, increasingly focus on short-term projects, so university laboratories and other nonprofit groups that conduct…
Russian Law May Impede Charities’ Work
The Russian government has ordered a number of foreign nonprofit organizations to suspend operations, enforcing a strict new law requiring these groups to register with its Justice Ministry, reports The New York Times. The exact number of the suspensions is unclear: some reports put it at 73,…
Unassuming Florida Woman Leaves $35.6-Million for Research
Fla. woman bequeaths $35.6-million for research
Former Stock-Exchange Chief Must Return Pay
Former head of stock exchange must return $100-million in excessive pay
Court Rules Against Religious Charities in Contraception Case
The New York Court of Appeals ruled that a state law that requires employers to provide health-insurance coverage for prescription birth control does apply to social-service groups led by churches and by other religious institutions, reports The Associated Press. Institutions with a mainly…
Painting Sold at Goodwill for $165,002
A 1923 watercolor by Frank Weston Benson, left at a Portland, Ore., Goodwill store, was sold online at auction for $165,002, reports The Oregonian. Goodwill started the bidding at $10, but bids shot up after Matthew W. Gerber, an appraiser and owner of Matthew’s Gallerie, in Oswego Falls, Ore.,…
Produce Thieves Raid Seattle Charity Gardens
People tending neighborhood gardens in Seattle, known as “P-Patches,” are frustrated with thieves stealing ripe produce and tools, reports The Seattle Times. Gardeners of the more than 50 P-Patches say that thieves are actually taking food from needy people, since the gardens donate 10 tons of…