N.Y. Legal-Aid Nonprofit Rebuked Over Anti-Police Video
A New York City-funded legal-aid organization is under fire over participation by two of its lawyers in a rap-music video that includes lyrics about killing officers as retribution for the deaths of young black men at police hands, writes The New York Times.
Ore. Group’s State Funds Soared When It Hired Governor’s Partner
A Eugene, Ore., nonprofit saw its taxpayer funding rise eight-fold during a year in which it employed Gov. John Kitzhaber’s girlfriend and shrink dramatically after she left, according to Portland newspaper Willamette Week.
Fundraising Site Applies Game Theory to Boost Donations
The chief executive of charity crowdfunding platform give2gether says it is applying a decade of research into why people give, taking in game theory as well as behavioral economics, to develop new ways help nonprofit maximize donations, The Jerusalem Post writes.
Ebola Outbreak a New Case Study for Global Disaster Fundraising
See examples of how international aid groups approached the subject in their year-end mailings.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Court Orders IRS to Release Computer-Readable Charity Tax Forms
A nonprofit advocate today won a victory in his battle to force the tax agency to make information about tax-exempt groups more accessible.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Wash. State Hits Police Charity and Fundraising Firm on Tactics
A Washington State law-enforcement charity will make changes in its fundraising as part of a deal with state authorities over the group’s use of a commercial telemarketer that pocketed nearly two-thirds of contributions, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Youth Charity’s Marketing Arm Helps Companies Reach Millennials
TMI, the in-house marketing agency created two years ago by DoSomething.org, is attracting a growing base of brand-name clients eager to tap into the youth-focused service charity’s success in reaching millennials, Advertising Age magazine writes.
Scientology-Funded Anti-Drug Group Active in N.Y. Schools
A nonprofit supported by the Church of Scientology provided free drug-education programs in 30 public elementary, middle, and high schools across New York City last year, DNAInfo and CBS New York report.
Cal State Wrestles With Using Donor Funds for Leaders’ Pay
Three years after voting to allow California State University campus foundations fund pay raises for school presidents, system trustees are facing dilemmas over the policy, according to the Los Angeles Times. New questions have emerged since the board agreed in November to 3-percent salary hikes for top administrators.
LSU Alumnus Commits $40-Million for Athletics and Academics
The anonymous gift, to be paid out upon the donor’s death, will support scholarships for student athletes and budding engineers, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans writes.