Daily News Roundup: Trump Budget Could Hit Arts Programs for Veterans
Also, George Lucas doubles the size of a University of Southern California endowment his foundation launched last year to assist budding minority filmmakers.
Charity Leader Sees New Urgency for Global Outreach in Trump Era
Sean Callahan, the new head of Catholic Relief Services, is determined to make private donors and government officials alike understand the value of American assistance to the world’s most vulnerable populations.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Keeping Real-World Bias Out of Artificial Intelligence Will Take Work, Speaker Tells Conference
Gender and racial biases can distort data and even affect things like facial-recognition software, according to a robotics intern at HP Labs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Gifts Roundup: Brookings Institution Gets $20 Million for Fellowships
Other notable gifts include $20 million to UCLA to boost diversity in engineering and computer science and $15 million to Iona College to create a center for entrepreneurship and innovation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Religious Charities’ Role an Issue in Debate on Trump Budget
Also, one of Facebook’s first employees donates $75 million to boost data science at his collegiate alma mater, and affluent soon-to-be spouses put a charitable spin on registering for wedding gifts.
Where Should Trump Donate His Salary? Disease Charities Get the Big Win
Disease-research organizations, veterans groups, and a few White House antagonists such as the ACLU and Planned Parenthood top a Chronicle survey asking which nonprofit should get the president’s $400,000.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
David Rockefeller’s Death Means Windfall for Family Foundation
The likely addition of hundreds of millions of dollars to its coffers comes as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund charts a course to raise grant making on climate change, social policy, and global issues.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Israeli Teen Charged in Jewish Center Bomb Threats
Also, the Hershey Trust draws fresh criticism over its selection of three new board members, and a Massachusetts legislator proposes taxing nonprofits that pay high executive salaries.
Concern Worldwide U.S. and New York Philharmonic Pick New Leaders
Also, Walter Isaacson is exiting the Aspen Institute, and longtime Combined Jewish Philanthropies leader Barry Shrage announced his retirement.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Komen Me. Chapter Closes as Race Giving Dwindles
The breast-cancer charity’s Maine affiliate pinned financial straits on shrinking Race for the Cure revenue. Also, new research shows a persistent gender gap in leadership at major art museums, and Mike Huckabee defends the National Endowment for the Arts.