Restricted Gifts Can Help Ward Off Charity Fraud, Study Finds
Keeping accounting in-house and doing regular audits also help keep nonprofits clean, according to a new report.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Red Cross Faces Another Call for Congressional Inquiry
A Democratic congressman from Minnesota says the “allegations of waste and mismanagement in Haiti are extremely disturbing” and that the organization should explain itself.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
IRS Releases Tax Forms of 9 Nonprofits in Computer-Readable Format
The federal government won’t appeal a court ruling that forced it to release the informational returns, a major victory for open-records activists.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
X Prize Launches $7 Million Contest to Find Ways to Teach More Adults to Read
The competition, started with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, is seeking creative approaches using tablets and smartphones.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
$2.35 Million Charity Bid Wins Annual Lunch With Buffett
Chinese video-game developer Dalian Zeus Entertainment won Warren Buffett’s annual charity auction Friday, buying a steakhouse meal with the billionaire investor and philanthropist for $2.35 million that will go to San Francisco’s Glide Foundation, Bloomberg reports.
Companies Ramp Up Food Giving as Mass. Clamps Down on Waste
Hundreds of Massachusetts businesses and institutions are donating food that in the past would have gone into dumpsters or compost heaps as the state implements new restrictions aimed at reducing food waste and feeding the needy, reports The Boston Globe.
Data and Behavioral Science Key New Wave of Poverty Programs
The Wall Street Journal reports on the growing “randomista” movement of poverty experts and campaigners embracing experimental, data-driven programs to help poor and indebted people save more and achieve financial stability.
New Nonprofit Newsroom to Focus on California Government
As traditional California media cut back on Sacramento coverage, CALmatters is set to launch next month offering what its editor called “deeply reported” stories on state politics and policy, writes the Columbia Journalism Review.
Gallup Owners Donate $30-Million to U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
The pledge from the family that heads research and management-consulting company Gallup will establish an institute devoted to the field of “strengths psychology” pioneered by their late patriarch, Don Clifton, reports the Lincoln Journal Star.
U.N. Report: Governments Failing to Harness Volunteer Power
While more than 1 billion people donate their time for causes worldwide, many governments are not tapping the potential of volunteers to boost development efforts and effect change on corruption, climate, and more, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports.