St. Louis Charity Founder Accused of Theft
The Missouri attorney general is accusing a St. Louis charity founder of stealing the organization’s money to pay for his home-mortgage payments and other personal items, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The attorney general’s office also charged that Lou Sengheiser, head of Gateway to a Cure,…
Singer Gives $1-Million to Climate-Change Charity
Barbra Streisand gave $1-million to the former president Bill Clinton’s Climate Change Initiative, reports Reuters. Ms. Streisand made the award from money she earned when people bought tickets to her forthcoming national tour. She has promised to distribute other proceeds from the tour to…
Gates Fund Makes $500-Million Grant
Gates Foundation makes $500-million grant to fight deadly diseases
IRS Plans to Audit Utah Foundation
The Internal Revenue Service plans to audit a Utah foundation
Court Removes Donor’s Decision-Making Authority
An Ohio judge ruled this week that Ruth Lilly, an heir to the pharmaceutical fortune, is mentally incapable of properly dispensing the millions of dollars she has pledged to charity, and he gave authority over her grant making to six of her nieces and nephews, reports The Indianapolis Star.…
Sex-Abuse Case Involving School Should Proceed, Court Rules
N.J. court gives green light to sex-abuse case against charity
Gifts Flow Slowly to Muslim Groups
Muslim groups’ fund raising for Lebanon suffers from post-9/11 chill
Darfur Aid Workers’ Deaths on the Rise
More aid workers have been killed in the embattled region of Darfur, Sudan, over the past two weeks than in the previous two years, reports The New York Times. Eight aid workers, all of them Sudanese, were killed in July in attacks across the region, the United Nations said. The violence has…
Aid Workers in Sri Lanka Found Dead
Seventeen employees of the French aid group Action Against Hunger were found dead in the town of Mutur in Sri Lanka, where they were helping to rebuild after the 2004 tsunami, reports Reuters. The workers, who were Sri Lankan, appeared to have been shot, according to a news release provided by the…
Midsize Donations Can Make for Big Philanthropic Legacy
Middle-income Americans are discovering new ways to donate that enable them to leave a philanthropic legacy, reports The Christian Science Monitor. By giving through pooled-income funds, teaming up with other donors, or exploring matching gifts from institutions, donors have been able to maximize…