Senior Executives Are Often Unaware of Development Opportunities, Study Says
Ninety percent of top executives said their organization offered development opportunities, while just 52 percent of leadership team members said such opportunities existed.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Shared Office Tightens Ties Between Movember and Ad Agency
Advertising agency Sid Lee is opening a new Los Angeles office at the headquarters of global men’s health charity the Movember Foundation, for which it provides pro bono services, writes The New York Times.
Giving by Texas Rodeo Charity Plunged Before Shutdown
The Texas Stampede, which put on an annual rodeo to benefit children’s charities and donated millions of dollars in its early years, was devoting less than 10 percent of revenue to mission programs by the time it closed this year, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Project Aims to ‘Boomerang’ Senior Discounts to Charities
A recently launched nonprofit seeks to encourage aging baby boomers to donate the money they save through price breaks senior citizens get on public transit, movie tickets, and other goods and service, The New York Times writes.
U.S. Orchestras Downsizing and Relying More on Freelancers
Financial woes and labor battles are shrinking many major American orchestras’ complements of full-time musicians, writes The New York Times
On Social Media, Personal Ties Are Central to Charitable Giving
About 70 percent of donors in a new American Red Cross study said they would take some sort of action after seeing a friend’s post asking for a donation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
$22.8-Million Woodruff Gift Backs Georgia State U. Media Hub
The university will turn an unused Atlanta building into a hub for creative industries with a $22.8-million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, the Atlanta Business Chronicle and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution write.
Nonprofit Student-Loan Guarantor to Buy Commercial Colleges
Educational Credit Management Corporation, a nonprofit that has drawn fire for its tactics in collecting student loans, is buying nearly half of the campuses run by Corinthian Colleges, a soon-to-be-defunct for-profit schools operator, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Bloomberg report.
Abuse Suits Have Twin Cities Archdiocese Mulling Bankruptcy
Facing a budget hole and an expected raft of clergy abuse lawsuits, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Thursday that it is considering filing for bankruptcy, the Star Tribune and the Associated Press report.
$115-Million Gift to Establish Toronto Heart-Health Center
Three Toronto medical and educational institutions will share a $115-million donation from the family of the late media mogul Ted Rogers to fund a new center for cardiac research, Canada’s National Post writes.