Grassley Questions Mo. Hospital on Pursuing Debts From Poor Patients
Senator Charles Grassley has warned a nonprofit Missouri medical center that it could be violating the law by taking aggressive legal action to secure payments from low-income patients who may have qualified for financial assistance, ProPublica and NPR report.
IRS Audits Are Rare for Politically Active Nonprofits
Since the 2010 Citizens United ruling ushered in the era of “dark money” nonprofits spending tens of millions of dollars on political campaigns, the Internal Revenue Service has begun audits of just 26 organizations to determine if they are flouting restrictions on electioneering, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
U.S. Firm and British Charity Team Up on Contactless Giving
Texas-based advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor and Cancer Research UK are working together to develop shop-window displays that will allow people to make contactless donations day or night using smart cards, the San Antonio Business Journal writes.
Condoleezza Rice to Head Jeb Bush’s Education Foundation
The former Florida governor, who has given up nonprofit and corporate posts ahead of a possible White House run, handed the reins of his school-reform nonprofit Thursday to one of the key figures in his brother’s presidential administration, the Associated Press reports.
3 Takeaways From the Gates Annual Letter
Bill and Melinda Gates are now trying to enlist every citizen in philanthropy, not just fellow billionaires.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Shuttered City Opera’s Board OKs $1.25-Million Reboot Bid
The board of New York City Opera has approved an investor group’s proposal to revive the nonprofit company, which shut down after declaring bankruptcy in 2013, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Obituary: Peggy Charren, Pioneering Advocate for Educational TV
Ms. Charren, who was 86, founded Action for Children’s Television, a grass-roots advocacy group that helped revolutionize programming for kids, The Boston Globe writes.
2015 Gates Letter Foresees Unprecedented Gains for Poor
The lives of the world’s poorest people will improve more in the next 15 years “than at any time in history,” Bill and Melinda Gates assert in their annual letter laying out priorities for their $42-billion foundation, the Associated Press and The Washington Post report.
Bloomberg Launches $48-Million Clean-Energy Effort
Bloomberg Philanthropies and California climate activists Mark Heising and Elizabeth Simons will fund the effort to help states and localities speed their transition to cleaner energy sources, The Hill and The New York Times write.
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Museum in Nazi-Looted Art Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear an appeal by the Norton Simon Museum in a case that could see the Pasadena, Calif., institution lose two prized works that were taken by the Nazis from a Jewish owner, the Los Angeles Times writes.