Study: Few Consumers Familiar With Giving Tuesday
A new study by the John Templeton Foundation and analytics firm Edelman Berland finds that just 18 percent of Americans are familiar with Giving Tuesday, the annual day of giving, while almost all — 93 percent — are familiar with Black Friday, the day of sales following Thanksgiving.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
SXSW Award Winners Include Ali Gohar for Peace Efforts in Pakistan
The awards, for which the recipients get $1,000 and an opportunity to discuss their work, honor the late Dewey Winburne, a co-founder of the South by Southwest Interactive conference.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Tex. Tells Charities Not to Help Resettle Syrian Refugees
The request to nonprofits to scrap efforts to assist refugees arriving from Syria follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s pledge in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks to turn away any such resettlers, the Austin American-Statesman and Houston TV station KHOU report.
Buffett Grandson’s Investment Firm to Focus on Social Good
Howard Warren Buffett, the grandson of billionaire financier and philanthropist Warren E. Buffett, has launched an operating company that will capitalize firms aiming to tackle social problems, The New York Times reports.
Ad Council Retools Public-Service Spots for Social-Media Age
New, multiplatform public-service campaigns by the Advertising Council show how the venerable nonprofit communications agency is evolving in an era of sophisticated digital social media, The New York Times writes.
Post-‘Grand Bargain,’ Detroit Museum Tackles New Challenges
The Detroit Free Press looks at the state of the Detroit Institute of Arts and its effort to raise endowment funds a year after the city emerged from bankruptcy via an agreement in which the museum was a linchpin.
Ore. Donor Must Pay Taxes on Nonprofit’s Political Spending
A federal court has found a major Oregon political contributor liable for excise levies on money his charitable foundation spent on election ads, reports Willamette Week.
A Group of Calif. Girls Battles to Join Boy Scouts
The request by five girls in Northern California marks the the latest in a series of challenges the male-only youth organization has faced amid shifting gender roles and mores, writes The New York Times.
Court in India Stays Government Order Against Greenpeace
Greenpeace India said the court ruling blocked a government move to cancel the environmental group’s right to operate in the country, pending a final verdict on authorities’ allegations of financial impropriety, reports the Associated Press.
Gifts Roundup: New England Patriots Owner Gives Harvard $20 Million
Other gifts include $25 million for athletics at the University of Mississippi from Florida surgeon Gerald Hollingsworth, and $20 million for education from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor