Gifts Roundup: Texas Couple Gives $25 Million to Build El Paso Dental School
Other notable donations include $10 million for science education at the University of Kentucky and $6 million for the Citadel’s business school.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Study of Jewish Groups Reveals Employee-Retention Challenges
Only 40 percent of workers expect to stay at their organizations for at least five years. Millennials were most likely to express lack of engagement with their work.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Georgetown Slave Descendants Propose $1 Billion Foundation
Organizers have already raised $115,000 — equivalent to the price their 272 forebears fetched in 1838 to pay off a university debt — in seed money to “create a model for healing and redress,” The Washington Post reports.
Foundations Pledge $20 Million to ‘Reimagine’ City Spaces
The commitment by the JPB, Knight, Kresge, and Rockefeller foundations is aimed at boosting revitalization efforts in four cities by transforming neglected sites into vital neighborhood assets, according to CityLab.
Charities Slam UN’s Syria-Relief Effort Over Assad Ties
More than 70 charities are suspending cooperation with the United Nations in Syria amid controversy over reports that lucrative U.N. aid contracts have gone to people and entities allied with President Bashar al-Assad, the Thomson Reuters Foundation writes.
Trump Pushes End to Ban on Endorsements by Charities
The Republican presidential nominee has made rescinding the Johnson Amendment, which bars churches and charities from openly supporting political candidates, a centerpiece of his appeal to evangelical voters, The Wall Street Journal writes.
N.Y. Club Drops Black Lives Matter Benefit in Israel Dispute
Popular Broadway cabaret Feinstein’s/54 Below canceled a planned Sunday concert to raise money for Black Lives Matter because of the antiracism network’s characterization of Israel as committing “genocide” against Palestinians, writes The New York Times.
Diller and Park Charity Win Court Round on Hudson Project
An appellate court rejected a civic group’s argument that the Hudson River Park Trust has not adequately assessed the environmental impact of Pier 55, a planned park and performance space to be built on a Manhattan pier with $130 million from media mogul Barry Diller, reports The New York Times.
A Young CEO Seizes Opportunity to Sell Her Group’s Expertise
Aria Finger, 33, brought a track record of innovation and a knack for reaching her generational peers when she ascended last fall to the top job at volunteerism charity DoSomething.org.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits Fret as Clinton Foundation Plans to Transfer Programs
Foundation President Donna Shalala said she and colleagues are laboring program by program to ensure continuity of services and financial support from donors where possible.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor