Supreme Court Reinstates Notre Dame Contraception Suit
The justices on Monday revived the Catholic university’s lawsuit objecting to the Affordable Care Act’s provision for birth-control coverage, throwing out a lower-court ruling against the institution, Reuters reports.
Few in Teach for America Corps Will Stay in Schools, Study Finds
More than 87 percent of Teach for America members do not plan to remain educators throughout their careers, according to an analysis by a nonpartisan research group, a finding that could buttress critics of the nonprofit, which sends recent college graduates into low-income school districts for two-year classroom stints, Bloomberg writes.
Colleges Eye Strategies to Make Young Alumni Future Donors
Amid a decades-long decline in the proportion of alumni giving to their alma maters, colleges and universities are looking for innovative ways to forge ties with millennial-generation graduates that could yield donations down the road, writes The Chronicle of Higher Education.
N.Y. Mayor Amassing Donations for Nonprofit Promoting Agenda
Mayor Bill de Blasio is quietly stepping up fundraising for his nonprofit Campaign for One New York to support advertising and social-media drives promoting major policy goals, The New York Times reports, citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the mayor’s moves.
Obituary: ‘Simpsons’ Sitcom Creator and Donor to Animal-Related Causes
Sam Simon, who gave to organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, died Sunday at age 59, The New York Times reports.
Women Dominate Nonprofit Leadership in SW Pa. but Lag in Pay
Women hold nearly two-thirds of top posts at nonprofit groups in southwestern Pennsylvania but earn 25 percent less than their male peers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, citing a new survey of 151 organizations in the region.
Groups Sponsoring Israel Travel Debate Right Age for Trips
A rift has developed between Taglit-Birthright Israel, which sponsors free travel to Israel for diaspora Jews over the age of 18, and some Jewish-American leaders who say the trips should be open to high schoolers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Salvation Army’s Domestic-Abuse Campaign Playing on ‘the Dress’ Goes Viral
The jarring “black and blue” images depicting battered women wearing the now-famous garment draw a surge of attention worldwide overnight.
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Calif. Solicitors Kept 45% of Donations Raised for Charities
New figures from California’s attorney general show professional fundraisers earned $161.2 million working for nonprofit clients in the state in 2013, 45.5 percent of the contributions they collected, down from 63 percent the previous year, the Orange County Register writes.
FBI and IRS Investigate Spending by Shuttered Minn. Nonprofit
Community Action for Minneapolis, which folded in September after being raided by state authorities, is now under investigation over hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable spending, Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune report.