Duluth Diocese in Bankruptcy After $4.8 Million Abuse Award
The Minnesota city’s Catholic diocese filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday after being ordered by a jury last month to pay millions of dollars to a man who was sexually abused by a local priest in the 1970s, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Demand for Results Dampens Fundraising, Survey Says
Forty-seven percent of leaders say donors’ requests for results data can make it tougher to attract gifts.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Early Planning and Offline Engagement Lift Giving Tuesday Totals
To reach millennials at year’s end, charities need to think beyond social media, says report.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Dolby Laboratories Founder Gives $52.6 Million to the University of Cambridge
Other gifts include $10.2 million for golf programs at California Polytechnic State University and $2 million to the Bartlesville Community Foundation.
High Court Denies Donor Confidentiality to Planned Parenthood Attack Group
Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal for donor confidentiality by the Center for Medical Progress, the California antiabortion group behind secretly recorded videos about Planned Parenthood’s fetal-tissue program, the Los Angeles Times writes.
Texas Drops Request to Halt Syrian-Refugee Placement in the State
A day after filing suit against the Obama administration and the International Rescue Commitment over placement of Syrian refugees in Texas, state officials dropped a request that a federal judge intervene to prevent the resettlement, the Associated Press reports.
Median Pay for Private-College Leaders Rose 5.6% in 2013
Thirty-two presidents of private colleges and universities were paid more than $1 million in 2013, with median pay for campus leaders increasing by 5.6 percent to about $436,000, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual compensation survey.
$45 Billion Zuckerberg-Chan Pledge Has Charities Excited — and Wary
Grant-seeking nonprofits say the unusual legal structure of the philanthropic effort may offer benefits like those enjoyed by businesses, but some worry about the Facebook co-founder’s priorities.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Land Trust Alliance and LA84 Foundation Get New Leaders
Other personnel changes include a new fundraiser at Sesame Workshop.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Zuckerberg Responds to Criticism of New Philanthropy Vehicle
In a Facebook post Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg defended the corporate structure he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, plan to use to put almost all of their wealth into achieving social ends and funding community projects, The New York Times writes.