Ducks Unlimited Sets Its Sights on $2 Billion for Wetlands
The conservation group is taking the unusual step of counting government grants in the campaign total and hopes to reach beyond its base of waterfowl hunters.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
High-Powered Coalition Seeks to Improve Job Prospects for Young People
The Markle Foundation has gathered top business executives — and committed $50 million — to stir up a “revolution” in which credentials and accomplishments would supplement traditional criteria for jobs.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Spelman College Drops Professorship Endowed by Bill Cosby
The historically black women’s college in Atlanta has terminated a humanities faculty chair established with a $20-million gift from Mr. Cosby and his wife in the late 1980s, reports The New York Times.
Calif. to Investigate Group Behind Planned Parenthood Videos
State Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday that she will review the Center for Medical Progress’s undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood to determine if the anti-abortion activist group has breached any laws or nonprofit regulations, the Associated Press reports.
$25-Million Gift Backs Special Olympics Health Care Programs
As the 2015 Special Olympics opened Saturday in Los Angeles, the organization announced the donation from the Golisano Foundation to expand its worldwide health services for people with intellectual disabilities, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle writes.
New England Prep School Heads’ Pay Rose a Quarter in 3 Years
Median pay for the headmasters at 32 prestigious private high schools in New England reached nearly $450,000 in 2012, a 23 percent increase from three years earlier, according to a Boston Globe survey of the institutions’ tax filings.
Hearing-Aid Charity’s Gifts Hitch Star Power to Its Cause
The Starkey Hearing Foundation, which donates hearing aids to the poor, routinely attracts high-powered celebrities to its international missions and fundraisers, in part by giving millions of dollars to the stars’ own charities, Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Pressure on Donors to U.K. Muslim Group Under Court Review
Britain’s High Court has ordered a judicial review of whether the country’s charity regulator overstepped its authority by asking two foundations to stop funding a Muslim advocacy organization with past ties to a suspected Islamic State militant, The Guardian reports.
Gifts Roundup: $35 Million to Notre Dame for 2 New Buildings and Football Program
Other notable gifts include $15 million to Houston Baptist University to support scholarships and its Bible museum.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Some Nonprofits Misuse Contracts to Hide Activities, Say Experts
The American Red Cross has drawn fire from Sen. Charles Grassley for nondisclosure clauses in its contracts with its partners, but other groups do it, too.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor