Grants Roundup: $40 Million to Program for Asian Health-Care Workers
Other awards include a $12 million grant from the Rasmuson Foundation to support the expansion of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Ford Foundation to Push Films on Inequality at Cannes Festival
The foundation is taking its focus on inequality to the silver screen, launching an effort at the festival’s Doc Corner film market to promote the distribution of documentaries spotlighting social-justice issues, reports Variety.
Wounded Warrior Project Promises Independent Spending Review
The embattled veterans charity pledged Monday to conduct a “thorough financial and policy review” in the wake of media reports last week alleging lavish spending on parties and retreats, The Washington Post writes.
Columbia U. Center Aims to Tap Business for Climate Studies
With government funding for climate science stagnant, the center is working to engage corporate donors, the journal Nature writes.
Foundation Seeks Proposals for Tech Tools to Fight Slavery
San Francisco-based anti-slavery charity Humanity United is teaming with federal agencies and other groups to develop technological means to track and combat the use of forced labor worldwide, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Obituary: Rusty Rose, Texas Businessman and Major Art Donor
The investment mogul and former Texas Rangers co-owner, whose art collection made up part of a $215 million gift to the Dallas Museum of Art in 2005, died Friday at age 74, the Dallas Morning News and Texas Public Radio report.
Hiring Keeps Rising at Nonprofits in N.Y. and D.C., Study Says
Competition for talent grows more fierce as a healthier economy and boomer departures heat up the job market.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Growth in Rate of Giving Slows, Report Says
Charitable donations grew for the fourth year in a row in 2015 despite the slowdown; online giving is still relatively small but growing fast, according to Blackbaud.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
10 Donors Join Forces to Make $1 Billion in Grants to Help Youth Charities Grow
Blue Meridian Partners, led by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, will award up to $200 million each to high-performing nonprofits.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
High-Performing Hospitals Have Highly Paid CEOs, Study Finds
A new study finds that higher pay for nonprofit health-care executives goes hand in hand with better quality of care, International Business Times reports.