N.J. Town Panel OKs Demolition of Doris Duke Mansion
Officials in Hillsborough, N.J., approved controversial plans by the nonprofit that manages the late socialite and philanthropist’s rural estate to raze her 122-year-old home, reports the Associated Press.
Nonprofit Health-Insurance Co-ops in Colo. and Ore. to Fold
Two insurers established under an Affordable Care Act initiative are the latest among 23 insurance “co-ops” to close due to cash shortages, The Denver Post and The Oregonian report.
New Chief Executive for the Huntsman Foundations
Other personnel changes include new leaders at American Jewish World Service and Women in Need.
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Jack Dorsey Pledges Fifth of Tech Firm Square to Charity
The tech mogul has launched a foundation to aid needy communities around the world and will give it a nearly one-fifth stake in his mobile-payments company Square, which filed for an initial public offering this week, Quartz and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
U. of Wisconsin Kicks Off $3.2-Billion Capital Campaign
The fund drive, nearly double the size of the university’s last major campaign, reflects growing pressure to cut costs and find new revenue streams amid deep cuts in state higher-education spending, the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel writes.
$55-Million Gonzaga Bequest Includes Valuable Seattle Land
The gift to Gonzaga University from real-estate investor Myrtle Woldson, who died last year at age 104, will help fund a performing-arts center on the Spokane campus. The gift could become larger as the waterfront Seattle properties she left to the university grow in value, The Spokesman-Review and KXLY radio of Spokane report.
N.F.L. Owner’s New Nonprofit Will Use Sports to Tackle Racism
Billionaire property developer and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross is launching an organization Friday that aims to take advantage of the massive popularity of professional sports to combat racial prejudice and foster tolerance, reports The New York Times.
Ex-Nonprofit CFO Gets 28-Month Prison Term for Alabama Drug Mailings
A federal judge more than doubled the term recommended by prosecutors for the former medical-clinic executive who admitted to sending prescription drugs to figures linked to a fraud investigation in which she was implicated, reports the Birmingham News.
Growth in Giving Fuels Investor Interest in Blackbaud
The supplier of software for charities is gaining popularity among investment managers as giving grows and the smaller nonprofits that are a large part of its customer base increasingly seek big-data solutions, Reuters reports.
Anti-Abortion Activist Details Planned Parenthood Infiltration
The Washington Post profiles David Daleiden, the 26-year-old activist whose secretly filmed encounters with Planned Parenthood officials sparked a firestorm over the women’s-health group’s provision of fetal tissue for medical research.