Rockefeller Foundation Adds $64 Million to Cities Program
The grant maker boosted funding Tuesday for its 100 Resilient Cities effort to help urban areas withstand physical and economic emergencies, the Associated Press reports.
Greek Charities Take Hit as Bank Controls Curb Giving
As children’s charities in Greece brace for a spike in demand for services amid a new round of austerity measures, they are seeing donations plunge due to strict government-imposed limits on bank withdrawals, Reuters reports.
Philanthropy Helps Moderate Islam Thrive in Pakistani Town
A remote town in mountainous northeastern Pakistan has withstood Islamist extremism, environmental degradation, and other ills with a large dose of support from the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the world’s largest charitable organizations, The Washington Post writes.
Expand National Service? Obama Calls It a ‘Wonderful Idea’
The president tells Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that expanding programs like AmeriCorps would be good for the country.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Fundraiser Salaries Are Flat, Study Finds
The 2014 results from the annual survey of the Association of Fundraising Professionals put the median salary at $65,000, about the same as it has been since 2010.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Second Video Adds Fuel to Planned Parenthood Firestorm
The anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress released another undercover video Tuesday showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing remuneration for providing tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research, The Washington Post reports.
Wilson Fund to Spend Down $1 Billion Windfall in 20 Years
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, which saw its assets spike from $4.8 million to $1.2 billion last year with the sale of its late founder’s NFL team, plans to fully exhaust its resources over the next two decades, according to The Buffalo News.
Under Kremlin Pressure, MacArthur Shutters Russia Office
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is closing its Moscow office amid a crackdown by Russian authorities on foreign nonprofits operating in the country, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
Internal Red Cross Reports Fault Oversight of Haiti Projects
Documents obtained by ProPublica and NPR raise questions about the American Red Cross’s accounting of its spending in post-earthquake Haiti, the news outlets report in the latest in a series of investigative articles about the charity’s disaster-relief operations.
Calif. Hospital Sues Estate Over Revoked $5-Million Pledge
Philanthropy experts said St. John’s Hospital Center’s foundation risks alienating other donors by suing the estate of hair-care mogul Paula Kent Meehan to obtain a bequest she withdrew before her death last year, reports the Los Angeles Times.