Filmmakers Protest Smithsonian-Showtime Deal
More than 215 filmmakers, television executives, and academics have petitioned the Smithsonian Institution to abandon a partnership with Showtime Networks, reports The New York Times. As part of the deal, Smithsonian Networks, a new joint venture, would get the right of first refusal on commercial…
Tony Blair Considers Starting a Foundation
Tony Blair’s advisers are encouraging the British prime minister to establish a foundation after he leaves office that would be modeled after the one run by former president Bill Clinton, reports The Times, in London. The foundation would likely focus on tackling issues such as climate change and…
Teachers at a Los Angeles high school voted down a program designed to overhaul the school’s academics that would have been accompanied by a $1.5-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reports the Los Angeles Times. While administrators at Carson High School felt the Talent…
Federal Court Will Rule on Donor Anonymity
Federal court to rule on whether anti-abortion group can keep donors’ names a secret
James Beard Foundation Appoints New Head
After a scandal, a culinary charity names a new chief executive
$16-Million Donated by Baltimore Couple
Since 1994, Eddie and Sylvia Brown, a Baltimore couple, have donated more than $16-million, making them one of the most-generous African-American couples in the United States, reports The Sun, in Baltimore. The self-made couple have donated large sums to organizations unaccustomed to major gifts,…
Immigration Law Could Hurt Charities
Charities are worried that Congress will pass legislation that could penalize groups that help illegal immigrants, reports The Wall Street Journal. The House has already passed a measure with such penalties, which would put groups like Teach for America, Catholic Charities, and nonprofit hospitals…
Businesses Compete With Charities to Provide Hurricane Relief
Emergency-management officials are increasingly turning to private businesses instead of charities and government aid to provide help following hurricanes and other natural disasters, reports the Associated Press. The emergency-management chief of a Mississippi county hit by Hurricane Katrina last…
Former United Way Leader Stole Funds
Former head of New York City’s United Way returns $227,000 he spent on personal expenses