Emails Suggest Clinton Foundation Sought State Dept. Favors
A conservative watchdog group released a new batch of emails Tuesday that suggest close ties and overlapping interests between the foundation and the Hillary Clinton-led State Department, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report.
Ala. Charity’s Ex-CFO Gets 17 Years in $11 Million Fraud
Terri McGuire Mollica was also ordered to forfeit nearly $2 million in proceeds she received from the scheme to divert millions from a pair of Alabama community-health centers to their chief executive, reports The Birmingham News.
Grants Roundup: WWII Museum Gets $3 Million From Bob Hope’s Foundation
Other awards include $5 million from the Pritzker Family Foundation to support early education for low-income children.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Giving Days Benefit Community Foundations in Many Ways, New Report Says
The crowdfunding events are helping community funds become more sustainable, according to the Knight Foundation study.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Israel Links Save the Children and U.N. Aid Workers to Hamas
A Palestinian employee of the United Nations Development Program was indicted Tuesday on charges of assisting Hamas, and a Save the Children aid worker has also come under suspicion as part of Israeli authorities’ investigation of alleged ties between aid groups and Gaza militants, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse report.
Michael Jordan Donates $5 Million to African American Museum
A gallery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be named for the basketball icon in recognition of the gift, the largest from the sports world to the newest Smithsonian institution, The Washington Post reports.
Watchdog Group Says Trump Charity Mixed Giving and Politics
The left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called Monday for the Internal Revenue Service to review the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s tax-exempt status, claiming involvement by the charity in its founder’s presidential campaign, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post report.
Pro-Trump Super PAC’s New Ad Targets Clinton Foundation
A group supporting the Republican presidential nominee released an attack ad Sunday claiming that Hillary Clinton has gotten rich on the back of her family’s charity network, The Hill and PolitiFact write.
With New Capital, Auction Site CharityStars Eyes U.S. Push
European charity-auction startup CharityStars has secured $2.2 million in new funding and plans to use the infusion to expand into the United States and China, reports TechCrunch.
Wounded Warrior Project Likely to Cut Jobs, New CEO Says
Michael Linnington, the retired Army general who took the reins at the embattled charity last month, tells The Florida Times-Union he expects to reduce its staff of about 600 and that executive salaries and aid to smaller veterans groups will also shrink.