GOP Seeks IRS Audit of Clinton Foundation Health Affiliate
The Republican National Committee called Tuesday for the IRS to review the finances of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which said this week it would not refile past tax returns to correct apparent errors in its reporting of government grants, Reuters reports.
Failure of Health-Care Co-Ops Refuels Obamacare Debate
More than half of the nonprofit health insurers established with federal assistance under the Affordable Care Act have now gone under, adding fire to the partisan fight over the health-care law, The New York Times and The Washington Post report.
Of Billionaires and Hunger: Lambasting Rich Donors’ Approach to Feeding the World
Philanthropists like Bill Gates ignore the political and economic roots of the problem, says author David Rieff.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Report: Kochs Step Up Campus Giving With Politics in Mind
Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch have ratcheted up their higher-education giving in recent years to evangelize their free-market political agenda, according to a detailed review of their donations by the Center for Public Integrity.
Pro Sports Teams Bring Fans Onto the Philanthropic Field
The New York Times looks at how some major-league sports franchises are involving fans directly in their community work as part of a special section of articles about giving.
$50-Million Donation Boosts Brown U. Public-Affairs Program
The gift from a consortium of donors will go toward expanding the university’s Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Providence Journal reports.
N.C. Energy Giant Wants Nonprofit Fined for Solar Project
Duke Energy, the nation’s largest power utility, is urging North Carolina regulators to levy fines that could exceed $120,000 against a nonprofit for selling power from solar panels to a church, in alleged violation of a state law limiting power sales to public utilities, the Charlotte Observer and the Winston-Salem Journal report.
Interview: Howard Buffett on Hands-on Philanthropy
The billionaire donor talks about getting personally involved in his foundation’s work, lessons he’s learned from his father, and the difference between charity and philanthropy in a conversation with Bloomberg.
Fort Worth Orchestra Faces More Pay Cuts in Contract Talks
Five years after Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra musicians agreed to a 13.5-percent pay cut to shore up the organization’s listing finances, management is seeking additional reductions in a new round of contract negotiations, Fort Worth Weekly writes.
Gates Foundation Backs Giving Tuesday Storytelling Competition
Participants will write short essays describing their support for nonprofits in ways that were memorable and meaningful; featured groups will win grants up to $5,000.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor