Fundraisers Who Use Academic Research Do Better, Study Finds
Small groups are less likely to look at new findings on why people give, but a report suggests they could improve donations by doing so.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
IRS Officials Mulled Gift Tax on ‘Dark Money’ Donations
An Internal Revenue Service attorney suggested in a 2011 email to superiors that the agency consider imposing gift taxes on donations to politically active nonprofits, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing a congressional committee report to be released Tuesday.
Big Concessions Firms Get Free Labor in Deals With Charities
The Tampa Bay Times reports on stadium-concessions companies’ use of unpaid labor to staff food and drink stands at sporting and other events in exchange for giving a share of the proceeds to charity.
Nonprofit Hospitals Seize Patients’ Wages to Collect Bills
As part of a series of joint investigative reports on aggressive debt-collection practices, ProPublica and NPR examine how some nonprofit hospitals are filing lawsuits and garnishing wages to obtain payments from thousands of often uninsured and lower-income patients.
Nonprofit Investment in Neighborhoods Pays Off, Study Finds
A national nonprofit that invests in dozens of struggling neighborhoods nationwide says its research shows those communities have had greater wage and job growth than areas in which it is not active, Indianapolis radio station WFYI reports.
Theater Chiefs Nationwide Blast D.C. Stage Head’s Ouster
The leaders of more than 60 theater groups issued an open letter Monday denouncing the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center for firing Ari Roth, longtime artistic director of its Theater J, The Washington Post reports.
Mich. Historic House Quietly Sold Cezanne Work for $100-Million
The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House sold the 1904 painting to a private buyer last year but kept the deal secret for fear of muddying the debate over monetizing the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection, writes the Detroit Free Press.
Spain’s Princess Cristina Indicted in Charity-Fraud Probe
The sister of King Felipe VI was indicted Monday on charges of tax fraud in connection with a long-running investigation of her husband’s nonprofit athletic organization, reports the Associated Press.
Foundation Troubles Jeopardize Grants to N.D. University
The state is withholding some $663,000 in awarded or pending grants to Dickinson State University due to concerns over its nonprofit fundraising affiliate, which went into receivership earlier this month, the Grand Forks Herald and the Associated Press write.
Property Magnate Weiser Gives $50-Million to U. of Michigan
Ronald Weiser, a real estate entrepreneur who served as U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, and his wife, Eileen Weiser, earmarked half of the donation for campus centers that study emerging democracies, the Associated Press and campus newspaper The Michigan Daily report.