Delores Weaver Adds $20 Million Fund at Fla. Foundation
The Jacksonville philanthropist endowed a new grant-making fund at the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, writes The Florida Times-Union.
NoVo Foundation Pledges $90 Million to Help Young Women and Girls
The foundation will invite young minority women around the country to share their thoughts on how to solve the problems they face.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Supreme Court Appears Split on Contraceptive Mandate
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote in the case brought by faith-based nonprofits against the Affordable Care Act’s provision on birth-control coverage for employees, seemed to agree during oral arguments Wednesday that the rule impinges on their religious liberty, The Washington Post reports.
Share of Donors Giving by Mobile Devices Up 80% Since 2013
New data shows the speed with which American adults are adopting smartphones and tablets.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
N.Y. Nonprofits Seek $200 Million to Cover Minimum-Wage Hike
Leaders of government-funded New York social-service charities called on legislators Tuesday to approve Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed minimum-wage increase and to include $200 million in the state budget to help cover their higher payrolls, Newsday and the Albany Times Union report.
Obituary: Joseph Mandel, Major Cleveland Philanthropist
Mr. Mandel, one of three Cleveland brothers who parlayed a small auto-parts business into a billion-dollar fortune that they have pledged to largely donate to charity, died Tuesday at age 102, The Plain Dealer writes.
San Francisco Art Museums Appoints Frankfurt Museum Head as Director
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco on Tuesday named Max Hollein, the Vienna-born leader of a trio of German art institutions, as its new director, filling a nearly year-old vacancy, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Yeshiva U. Receives $25 Million to Launch New Graduate School
The gift from Mordecai and Monique Katz will establish a school of graduate and professional studies at the New York institution, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency writes.
Ex-L.A. Council Aide Acquitted in Nonprofit Fraud Case
A long-time lobbyist and former adviser to a Los Angeles City Council member was acquitted Tuesday on charges that he and his wife used a nonprofit to divert nearly $20,000 in public funds to a former local water-district official, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Grants Roundup: Marcus Foundation Gives $75 Million to Heart Institute
Other awards include $47 million from the Wallace Foundation to help universities better prepare future principals.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor