Creative Ideas for Giving Tuesday 2015
An organizer of the annual giving day shares advice on how to participate in the event this fall.
By Tony Martignetti
Contributor
Obituary: Lawrence S. Phillips, Led Pioneering Jewish Aid Group
Mr. Phillips, who co-founded global relief charity the American Jewish World Service and was its first chairman, died Friday at age 88 at his home in Florida, reports The New York Times.
Small Baltimore Charities Win Grants in Response to April’s Riots
Most recipients have annual budgets of less than $100,000. The money will go toward programs that deal with hunger, unemployment, recidivism, and other causes.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Veterans Charity That Hosted Trump Event Had Lost Nonprofit Status
The leader of Veterans for a Strong America, which hosted an event on Tuesday that featured a foreign-policy speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, had lost its nonprofit status in August, the Associated Press reports.
Donations to Medical Colleges Rose 8%, Survey Shows
Gifts to public colleges climbed from an average of $38.5 million to $41.1 million, while those to private colleges increased from $79.9 million to $84.5 million.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $30 Million From Bloomberg Philanthropies for Arts Nonprofits in 6 Cities
Other awards include $16 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation supporting Hillel International.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Federal Inquiry Faults Red Cross Oversight, Calls for Audits
A report to be released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office calls for “regular, external, independent” evaluations of the American Red Cross’s disaster-relief operations and spending, recommendations echoed in a new House bill, NPR reports.
House Panel Chair Subpoenas Uncut Planned Parenthood Videos
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz said a federal judge’s order blocking the release of some of the footage secretly filmed by anti-abortion group the Center for Medical Progress would not impede his Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of Planned Parenthood, the Associated Press reports.
Charity Leaders Call on Obama to Take in Many More Syrians
Major aid groups such as Save the Children, CARE USA, Mercy Corps, and Oxfam America are calling on the administration to multiply by several times its pledge to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year, The New York Times writes.
On Colbert Show, Tim Cook Explains Apple’s Shift on Giving
Appearing on the CBS late-night talk show, the Apple CEO linked the firm’s rising philanthropic profile with his coming out as gay last year, CNN Money writes.