The Texas attorney general has sued a San Antonio nonprofit organization over allegations that its leaders used money for personal gain, reports the San Antonio Business Journal. The lawsuit alleges that the president and the chief financial officer of the Rural Development and Finance Corporation,…
Charities in New Orleans are joining together in an effort to help rebuild the city and keep grant makers from turning their attention elsewhere, reports New Orleans CityBusiness. About 50 nonprofit leaders meet each week through the Unified Nonprofits of Greater New Orleans, a group formed in…
CELEBRITIES AND HURRICANE FUND RAISING
Celebrities including the rap star Snoop Dogg and the soccer player Mia Hamm have donated items for an online fund-raising effort to help hurricane victims, reports the Associated Press. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation joined with Habitat for Humanity to sponsor the event, “Housewarming for…
Officials at Minnesota Public Radio are battling the state legislature over a new salary disclosure requirement with which the public-broadcasting affiliate doesn’t agree, reports the Associated Press. A member of the state’s legislature, Rep. Marty Seifert, says the organization has declined state…
Tulane University Hospital reopened the doors to its emergency room yesterday after suffering $90-million worth of damage due to Hurricane Katrina, reports The New Orleans Times-Picayune. The hospital staged a New Orleans-style opening ceremony, complete with a Dixieland band. Currently, the…
President Clinton joins with nonprofit groups to fight obesity among schoolchildren
Nonprofit groups in California’s Silicon Valley expanded the size of their work forces in recent years and received increases in charitable donations, despite tough financial challenges, reports the The San Jose Mercury News. A newly released study, which examined trends from 1994 to 2003, found…