Facebook Bans Blindness Charity’s Ad as Too Negative
Facebook rejected the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s advertisement calling for sight-loss advisers in British hospitals, saying the clip transgresses the social network’s policy of displaying only “neutral or positive” ads, according to The Guardian.
Science Donor Gives to Learn ‘What Makes Humans Different’
Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen talks to The Washington Post about the causes and processes that guide his science-related giving, particularly his funding of research into brain function and artificial intelligence.
Minnesota Hospitals’ Charity-Care Costs Plunge 22%
Medical centers in the state saw the biggest drop in the cost of unpaid care in 20 years in 2014 as a lower uninsured population sent charity-care expenses down sharply, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
U. of Florida Gets $50 Million to Expand Engineering School
The school will be renamed for donor Herbert Wertheim, a Miami optometrist and education philanthropist who invented the eyeglass tints that block UV rays, the Miami Herald reports.
Grants Roundup: GE Foundation Gives $25 Million for Safe-Surgery Effort
Other awards include $3 million from the Mary Kay Foundation to 150 domestic-violence shelters around the country.
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Grassley Demands Details on Red Cross Response to GAO Review
Senator Charles Grassley is asking the Government Accountability Office for more information on what he termed the American Red Cross’s “apparent unwillingness to fully cooperate” with a federal review of its emergency relief work, ProPublica reports.
Coke Cuts Financial Ties With Dietetics Organization
Coca-Cola, which has come under fire for financing research that critics contend aims to downplay the role of sugary drinks in fostering obesity, is ending its sponsorship of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Many Cancer Doctors Asked to ID Donors Among Patients
Development offices at leading cancer centers are increasingly teaching doctors to discern and act on fundraising opportunities among people they treat, The New York Times writes, citing new research by a University of Michigan oncologist and ethicist.
NYC Bill Would Compel Fiscal Disclosure by Charity CEOs
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is opposing a proposal before the City Council to require the heads of taxpayer-funded nonprofits to submit conflict-of-interest and financial-disclosure forms, Politico New York reports.
Indiana U. Music School Receives $20-Million Contribution
The donation from David Henry Jacobs came a decade after a $40.6-million bequest from his late mother that led to the music school being renamed for the family, The Herald-Times of Bloomington writes.