New Charity Will Honor Beau Biden’s Efforts to Protect Children From Abuse
The nonprofit will raise money to help both groups and individuals, reports The News Journal, of Delaware. As the state’s attorney general, Mr. Biden, who died Saturday, formed a committee to focus on catching and prosecuting child sex offenders.
9 Charity Workers Are Latest Among 100,000 Killed in Afghanistan
The Czech charity People in Need plans to suspend its operations in the country, where it has worked for 12 years, the Associated Press reports. Militants were responsible for the deaths on Tuesday.
IRS Grants Nonprofit Status to First Church of Cannabis
Donors to the church, which was formed in part to test the state’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, are now eligible to receive a deduction on their federal tax returns, The Indianapolis Star and USA Today report.
10 Families Join the ‘Giving Pledge’
The newest members include the founder of Chobani yogurt, a co-founder of Groupon, and a former Berkshire Hathaway executive.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
In 2nd ‘Gilded Age,’ Billionaires Are Giving With Legacies in Mind
The superwealthy want to see “tangible and measurable results” of their giving, according to a report by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Maryland Offers Paid Leave to State Workers for Volunteering
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a service effort Monday that will give state government employees four hours of paid leave to perform community work through the end of August, The Washington Post reports.
Moody’s Sees Brighter Fiscal Outlook for Nonprofit Hospitals
Nonprofit health systems saw median revenue rise by 4.7 percent in fiscal year 2014 and costs cut by a similar rate, according to a new report by the credit-rating agency, Healthcare Finance News writes.
Emails Show Shell Oil’s Suggestions for Museum’s Climate Program
The oil company tried to influence a program on climate change that it sponsored at London’s Science Museum out of concern that the program would provide fodder to climate advocacy groups, The Guardian writes, citing company emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Alumni and Foundation Give $35 Million to Wooster College in Ohio
About two-thirds of the donated money is earmarked for a new life-sciences building at the College of Wooster, reports The Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles Nonprofits Fear Wage Hike Will Require Program Cuts
The city plans to raise the hourly minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2020, The Los Angeles Times reports.