Former College President Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Delores Cross, former president of Morris Brown College, a historically black college in Atlanta, pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges for misappropriating student financial aid, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She could face up to five years in prison, but the government is…
Pakistani Charities Added to U.S. Terror List
Last Friday, the State Department listed two Pakistani charities as terrorist organizations, but Pakistan said it has no plans to take action against the groups, reports Reuters. Assets held in the United States by the two charities, Jamaat ud-Dawa and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq, will be frozen. The…
The dress worn by actress Keira Knightley to this year’s Academy Awards fetched $7,855 in an online auction to benefit Oxfam, reports the Associated Press. The actress, who was nominated for a best-actress award for her role in “Pride and Prejudice,” donated the Vera Wang gown to the international…
Why Charities Send Multiple Mail Appeals
Donors often get frustrated by multiple appeals, but charities send them out because they believe such mailings work, says The New York Times. Some groups have stepped up their efforts to ensure that appeals are carefully aimed at people likely to want to respond to them, the newspaper notes. For…
Lawmakers Angered Over Smithsonian Deal
Lawmakers express concern about Smithsonian Institution deal with cable-television network
Auditors Investigate Salaries at Public-Radio Station
Auditors from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are looking into the compensation and fund-raising practices at KCPW, a public-radio station in Salt Lake City, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Blair Feulner, the station’s general manager, and his wife, Susan, together collected nearly…
Calif. Charities Fear Loss of Corporate Grants
Nonprofit groups in Silicon Valley, Calif., worry that corporate gifts from Knight Ridder, the publishing conglomerate based in San Jose, will dry up when the company is acquired this summer, reports the Associated Press. MediaNews Group, in Denver, is set to buy Knight Ridder and move its…
Former Getty Trust Head Returns to Academe
Barry Munitz, the former chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, in Los Angeles, has accepted a teaching and fund-raising job at California State University at Los Angeles, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. Mr. Munitz resigned in February after the California attorney general began an…