Donna Shalala to Head Clinton Foundation
The selection of the University of Miami president, who served as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton, brings a trusted family ally to an organization hit by controversy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Women Vanish From N.Y. Ads in Clinton-Backed Cause Campaign
Images of women disappeared from billboards, posters, and other media around New York City Sunday as part of a campaign coordinated by the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation to call attention to gender inequality, reports The New York Times.
Obama Puts Off Library Call Until After Chicago Election
The president will not name the location for his future library until after Chicago’s April 7 runoff mayoral election out of concern that announcing the site in late March as had been expected would politicize his legacy project, the Associated Press reports, citing two people familiar with the decision.
Tapping Alumni Seen as Key to Survival for Black Colleges
Advocates for America’s historically black colleges and universities say raising more money from alumni will be crucial to the fate of the institutions, many of which are struggling financially and get little philanthropic support relative to other institutions of higher learning, the Associated Press reports.
Foreign Groups Targeted as China Clamps Down on Nonprofits
A proposed new law would give Chinese officials authority to manage foreign organizations, and Westerners working for such groups are being targeted with visa checks that have led to deportations, signaling a crackdown on groups from abroad as Beijing widens a campaign against Western influence, The Wall Street Journal writes.
U.K. Charities End Funding for Group Linked to ‘Jihadi John’
Two prominent British foundations that drew regulatory scrutiny for grants to a controversial Muslim activist group with past ties to Islamic State fighter Mohammed Emwazi have agreed to stop funding the organization, according to Reuters.
How Universities Are Bringing Millennial Alumni Into the Giving Fold
Many colleges are deciding that forging closer connections now is the best bet for the future.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Postal Commission Rejects Rate Hikes That Angered Nonprofits
Consumer Reports, World Wildlife Federation, and other charities that publish periodicals faced significant increases in mailing costs.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Closing N.Y. Charity Paid Millions to For-Profit Affiliate
FEGS, a social-service nonprofit in New York that is shutting down under the weight of a recently disclosed $19.4 million deficit, made increasingly large payments to a subsidiary technology company in the years leading up to its collapse, according to The Jewish Daily Forward.
Milwaukee to Benefit From $550 Million Sale of Bucks
Herb Kohl, the former U.S. senator, is preparing to ramp up his philanthropy after selling the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team last year, and public education will likely benefit, the Milwaukee Business Journal reports.