American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online
Leaderosity, run by the Presidio Institute, will provide a variety of courses created by professional development service providers and, eventually, academic institutions.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
House Committee Calls for Impeachment of IRS Chief
Four days after the Justice Department closed its investigation of Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups seeking nonprofit status, a group of congressional Republicans called Tuesday for the tax agency’s leader to be impeached over the issue, reports The Washington Post.
Report: U.S. Used Christian Aid Group for N. Korea Espionage
The Defense Department used Humanitarian International Services Group as a front to spy on North Korea for nearly a decade as part of a highly classified intelligence program, according to investigative news website The Intercept.
Detroit’s Ilitch Family to Give $40 Million to Wayne State
The clan behind the Little Caesars pizzeria chain will donate $40 million to build a new downtown Detroit home for Wayne State University’s business school, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Doctors Without Borders Says Yemen Clinic Hit by Airstrikes
The global aid charity said Tuesday that bombing by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen destroyed a medical facility it operates in that country’s northern Saada province, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press write.
Rockefeller Fund Backs Plan to Bring Students to ‘Hamilton’
The Rockefeller Foundation and the producers of the Broadway hit are teaming up on an effort to boost history education by taking 20,000 New York students to see the hip-hop musical about America’s revolutionary era, reports The New York Times.
Seasoned Curator Named to Lead Boston’s Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has appointed Peggy Fogelman, a museum veteran with extensive experience in curating exhibitions and shaping educational offerings, as its new director, The Boston Globe writes.
Kresge’s Focus on Solving Big Problems Shows Promising Signs, Watchdog Says
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy said the foundation could accomplish more by increasing its payout and relaxing efforts to control grantees.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Almost Half of Private Grant Makers Pay Board Members, Study Finds
The Center for Effective Philanthropy found that many boards lack members with expertise in technology, marketing, and communications.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Atlantic Philanthropies Will Donate Archives and $4 Million to Cornell University
The records document the philanthropy’s roughly $8 billion in grants distributed over three decades, The Cornell Daily Sun reports.