A nonprofit group that offers healing devices is being sued by Maine’s attorney general for allegedly making false claims about its products, reports the Boston Globe. The Gentle Wind Project, in Portland, said that its products were proven to help people in hospital settings and were subject to…
IRS Rules on Politicking Draw Complaints
IRS attacked over its approach to curbing charity politicking
Hospital Leaders Paid for Selling Advice
Heads of nonprofit hospitals often receive payments and other perks from medical suppliers
Calif. Fund Receives $11-Million Gift
The Ventura County Community Foundation has received $11-million from the late Russell Fischer, a local citrus farmer, reports the Los Angeles Times. The money will be used to establish endowments to benefit four local charities and a children’s home near San Jose.
Russian Charities Get Outside Help
Cherie Blair, the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, has offered legal assistance to Russian human-rights and aid groups that want to challenge a new law that restricts nonprofit activities, The New York Times reports. The law in question requires nonprofit groups to re-register and…
Businesses Offer Employees Chance to Work at Charities
Growing number of businesses offer employees nonprofit sabbaticals
Charities Try New Approaches to Helping the Needy
More and more young philanthropists are focusing on ways to build credit and labor systems in developing countries, as well as financing small businesses in such places, writes Daniel Gross, in a column in The New York Times. For example, the Acumen Fund, a New York group, invests in for-profit and…
Trustees to Examine Payments Paid to Retired California State U. Officials
California State University paid seven departing executives hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece to complete projects after their retirement, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. For most of the projects, no final report or product was required, and the Board of Trustees was not consulted. Other…
Bush Nominates New Chair of Public-Broadcasting Unit
Bush nominates television producer to lead public-broadcasting board