Two Foundations, Two Approaches to Consultants
Leaders at the Barr and Hewlett funds talk about how they have opted to use, or not use, outside strategic help.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Trump Bid $120,000 for Paris Trip With Foundation Money
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won a luxurious vacation to Paris at a 2008 charity auction with a $120,000 bid using money from the foundation bearing his name — but the funds likely included little of his own money, according to BuzzFeed News.
Critics Question Whether AG Office Demands Will Reform Hershey Trust
Critics are wondering whether voluntary demands made by Pennsylvania’s Attorney General’s office will rein in questionable spending at the embattled Hershey Trust, or if they will be as ineffective as previous attempts, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
General Electric Executive to Take Over as Foundation Head
General Electric executive Ann Klee will take over as president of the company’s charitable foundation, replacing Deborah Elam, GE’s chief diversity officer, according to the Boston Globe.
Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69
Alison Bernstein, a longtime official at the Ford Foundation who was credited for expanding education programs and tackling social issues, died late last month of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y., writes The New York Times.
Gifts Roundup: Harvard Law Alumnus Donates $15 Million for Cyberspace Studies
Other notable donations include a $7.8 million bequest to Randolph College and $5.5 million for dinosaur programming at the Field Museum.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Black Nonprofit Leaders Share Grief in Wake of Police Shootings
Just hours before five police officers were gunned down in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and charity leaders across the country picked up their phones to share their grief following the second killing of a black man by police this week.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Embezzlement Cases Accompany Boom in Youth-Sports Groups
As nonprofit youth sports has grown into a multibillion-dollar national enterprise, cases are increasingly cropping up of six-figure thefts by volunteer leaders of local leagues, highlighting a lack of oversight and regulation of organizations built on community trust, The New York Times writes.
Fla. Congresswoman Faces Charity-Linked Corruption Charges
Rep. Corrine Brown has been indicted in connection with her alleged ties to an unregistered charity that raised $800,000 but spent almost nothing on its stated educational mission, the Orlando Sentinel reports, citing unnamed federal law-enforcement officials.
German University Rewrites Gift Deal Amid Donor-Control Flap
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is overhauling contracts governing about $166 million in foundation funding amid controversy over provisions critics said gave the donor too much influence over faculty hiring and publications, Science magazine reports.