Podcast: When Nonprofit Size Matters in Fundraising Careers
Veteran fundraiser Roger Craver dissects the differences between working for large and small nonprofits and assesses what personality types and professional aspirations suit each setting.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Charges Against Activists Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Dropped
Prosecutors in Houston dismissed all charges Tuesday against anti-abortion campaigners who targeted the organization in a series of guerrilla videos released last summer, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Nonprofit Opens a Financial Pipeline for Women-Led Social Ventures
Seeded with a $1 million challenge gift, the effort by RSF Social Finance will mix loans, grants, and investment to help create “a more inclusive economy.”
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Obituary: Conrad Prebys, Major Calif. Health and Arts Donor
The property magnate, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to support health care, higher education, and cultural institutions in his adopted hometown of San Diego, succumbed to cancer Sunday at age 82, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Powerful CEO and Patron Out at San Francisco Art Museums
Bay Area philanthropist Diane “Dede” Wilsey, long a fixture in the leadership of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, is stepping down as the institution’s chief executive and board chair in the wake of a $2 million payout to a would-be whistle-blower, the San Francisco Chronicle writes.
Michael Jordan Gives $2 Million to Police and Civil-Rights Groups
Speaking out for the first time on the killings of unarmed black men by police and retaliatory targeting of officers, the basketball great made a pair of $1 million donations to groups working to bridge the racial divide, according to the Charlotte Observer and sports-news site The Undefeated.
Tumblr Key in Planned Parenthood Arm’s Centenary Campaign
The reproductive-health group’s New York chapter is putting the microblogging site at the center of a 100th-anniversary advertising campaign that does not shy away from the abortion issue, writes The New York Times.
Magazine Features 8 Philanthropic Leaders on Future of Giving
In essays for The Nation, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and six other nonprofit leaders and activists write about how philanthropy can work to address the effects of income inequality and social injustice.
Financial Questions Trailed Ousted Calif. Foundation Head
The abrupt exit last month of the chief executive of the Central Valley Community Foundation came as financial issues about his prior tenure at another California community grant maker came to light, writes The Fresno Bee.
Chicago Students Mete Out Grants From Laurene Powell Jobs Group
The Silicon Valley billionaire’s philanthropic organization turned over $350,000 to six college students to award to charities focused on making children’s lives safer in the city, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.