Luxury Condo Firms Make Charity Part of Sales Pitch
A Brooklyn-based builder of high-end condominiums is pledging to make a charitable donation for each seven-figure sale, highlighting a practice that is getting attention in the luxury real-estate market, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Major U.K. Charities Investigated for Phone Fundraising
Britain’s data and privacy regulator is investigating four of the country’s most prominent charities following allegations that they cold-called people registered with an official opt-out list for phone solicitations, including Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers, the BBC reports.
Quickly Organized Crowdfunding Campaign Raises $570,000 for Baltimore
Launched by the local United Way after the death of Freddie Gray, with an original goal of $20,000, the drive reached $100,000 in two days and kept going from there.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Mich. Community College Receives $1 Million for New Campus
Other notable awards include $500,000 for a group that helps children with developmental disabilities and $240,000 for nonprofits that work with public schools in needy areas of Silicon Valley.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
A Mismatch Between Need and Affluence
American communities with high standards of living often don’t have high charitable giving rates, a new Chronicle analysis finds.
By Ben Myers and Rebecca Koenig
Carnival Adds Cuba Cruises for Socially Conscious Travelers
Cruise company Carnival has received permission from the U.S. government to begin offering trips to Cuba under the aegis of its new line catering to passengers with a social agenda, Bloomberg and USA Today report.
Bill and Melinda Gates: Big in Philanthropy, Big on Facebook
Richard Branson and hedge-fund manager George Soros also scored high in a study of social-media clout among the world’s most generous people.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
What to Do With a Winner: Ice-Bucket Organizers Plot Next Steps
More than 600,000 of last year’s new donors asked for continuing information from the ALS Foundation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Buffett Gives $2.8 Billion to Gates and Family Foundations
Warren Buffett gave $2.84 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four charities with ties to his own family on Monday, the largest yet of his now-traditional summertime donations, Reuters reports.
Indian Mogul Premji Allocates $3.8 Billion in Stock to Trust
Technology magnate Azim Premji’s donation of an 18 percent stake in software company Wipro to his charitable trust lifts his total philanthropic commitment to more than half his fortune, The Economic Times reports.