Religious Charities Commit $52 Million to Help Elderly Jews
The money will be used to provide food and medicine to people, including Holocaust survivors, living in the former Soviet Union.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: Questions About Trump’s Giving Predate Presidential Run
Plus, more on the Zuckerberg-Chan pledge to fund disease-eradicating research and a controversial Bay Area socialite’s refusal to give up a leadership role at one of the region’s premier cultural institutions.
Former Prosecutor of Nazis, 96, Pledges $10 Million to Prevent Genocide
Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg trial lawyer, donated $1 million to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to use the law to prevent mass killings. He plans to continue giving that amount annually for up to 10 years.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Half of Board Chairs Say They Did Nothing to Prepare for Role, Report Says
Only 30 percent of respondents in a study by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management said they met frequently with current or potential donors, and only 55 percent said they sometimes did.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Nonprofit Leader Tiffany Gueye: How an Education Charity Rigorously Measures Results
In this video interview, Chronicle reporter Eden Stiffman talks to Tiffany Gueye, CEO of Building Educated Leaders for Life, about the group’s participation in randomized, controlled studies and its partnership with the YMCA.
By Eden Stiffman and Nidhi Singh
Daily News Roundup: Digging Deeper Into $3 Billion Chan-Zuckerberg Pledge
Also, Harvard’s endowment reports weak 2016 investment results, and a Buffalo art museum is setting speed records with its capital campaign.
March of Dimes and Catholic Relief Services Get New Leaders
Also, promotions at BELL and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network and a departure from the William Penn Foundation.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Listen to Foundation Leaders and Issue Experts Live From ComNet16
The Chronicle of Philanthropy will stream all five keynote sessions from the Communications Network’s annual meeting September 29 and 30, featuring Kellogg Foundation CEO La June Montgomery Tabron, New York Times columnist Charles Blow, and other nonprofit leaders and social commentators.
Daily News Roundup: Watchdog Report Contrasts Clinton and Trump Charities
Also, the University of Maryland launches a $75 million program to support students’ philanthropic ventures, and Clemson University’s fundraising rises with its football prowess.
More Than 75% of Voters Want Charities to Get a Bigger Say in Policy Making, Poll Finds
Nearly three in four people also say they trust charities to spend money more wisely than governments.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations