Daily News Roundup: Gates Critics Question Sway at WHO
Some global-health leaders say the U.N. agency is adopting the agenda of its second-biggest donor, the Gates Foundation. Also, a nonprofit group allied with Missouri’s new governor widens ad attacks on state legislators, and Minnesota’s attorney general targets a national car-donation charity’s spending and fundraising.
United Hospital Fund and Philanthropy Northwest Name New Chiefs
Plus, changes at the top at the Williams Institute, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Heritage Foundation.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Trump’s Effort to Loosen Rule on Politics in Churches Will Matter Little, Say Experts
Some religious-liberty advocates see it as a welcome first step. Most nonprofit leaders say it sends the wrong signal about the mission of nonprofits.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Trump Directs IRS Not to Enforce the Little-Enforced ‘Johnson Amendment’
The president signed an executive order directing the Internal Revenue Service not to enforce the “Johnson Amendment” against religious organizations, but it’s unclear what effect the move will have.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Value of New Donors Is Largely Offset by Loss of Previous Donors, Study Finds
For every $100 organizations gained last year from new contributors or those increasing gifts, they lost $95 through donor attrition and reduced monthly giving.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: $110 Million Gift Boosts Research at Cal Poly
Also, California’s new attorney general says he will crack down on politicking by nonprofits, and the Obamas make a seven-figure pledge while unveiling the design for the former president’s library.
Trump Moves to Relax Limits on Nonprofit Politicking
An executive order to be signed Thursday with the observance of the National Day of Prayer aims to allow churches to support or oppose political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status.
Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Bloomberg Aims to Curb Drowning Deaths
Other notable awards include $10.7 million from the Kinder Foundation to link Houston schools with the latest education research and $3.5 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support scholarships for Detroit students.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Women and Minority Investment Managers Get Little Business From Foundations, Study Shows
Despite investment performance that is on par with their peers, women and minority-owned firms control only 1 percent of the $71 trillion in assets managed by the nation’s financial firms, according to a Knight Foundation study.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jim DeMint Voted Out at Heritage Foundation
The expected move caps several days of internal turmoil at the influential conservative think tank. Also, a Norwegian industrialist promises most of his $2 billion fortune to charity, with a focus on marine conservation.