Food Trade Groups and Koch Think Tank Fund Berman Advocacy
As a Richard Berman-linked nonprofit launches another advertising blitz targeting the Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Public Integrity examines the Washington, D.C., public-relations executive’s network of advocacy groups and their sources of financial support.
As the Corcoran Gallery Dissolves, What’s Next for Its Art?
In the wake of Monday’s court ruling authorizing the takeover of the Corcoran Gallery of Art by two larger Washington, D.C., institutions, the Los Angeles Times looks at what will happen to the venerable private museum’s collection of more than 17,000 objects.
Canadian Lawmakers Block Hearing on Charity Audits
Conservative Party members of Canada’s Parliament have blocked plans by opposition legislators to review claims that audits of nonprofit groups by the country’s tax agency are politically motivated, the Canadian Press and the CBC report.
Everybody’s Talking About the Ice-Bucket Challenge
Some say it’s “awesome,” and some say there’s a disconnect between the frivolous event and the frightening disease it’s raising money to fight.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
Navigating Privacy and Other Issues for Ethical Storytelling
Advice for protecting the people you serve while telling their stories and determining who “controls” a story.
By PAUL VANDECARR
Contributor
Charities Brainstorm to Replicate ‘Ice-Bucket’ Phenomenon
With donations to fight ALS skyrocketing as a result of the “ice-bucket challenge,” other health charities are looking for ways to reproduce the viral campaign’s fundraising success, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Livestrong Donates $50-Million to U. of Texas Medical School
The charity took a major step into its post-Lance Armstrong era with a 10-year, $50-million gift to establish a cancer-care project at the University of Texas’s Dell Medical School, The Texas Tribune reports.
Ex-Providence, R.I., Mayor’s Charity Pasta Sauce Generated No Donations
A marinara sauce marketed by former Providence, R.I., Mayor Buddy Cianci as a fundraiser for his scholarship fund made a total of $3 in profits from 2009 to 2012 and gave no money to the charity in that time, according to the Associated Press.
Former Official With Pa. Faith Charity Admits $380,000 Theft
A former program director with an Allentown, Pa., religious nonprofit pleaded guilty Monday to a felony count of theft for stealing Social Security and benefit payments intended for the charity’s homeless clients, The Express-Times of Lehigh County, Pa., reports.
Both Sides Make Fiscal Concessions in Metropolitan Opera Labor Deal
Metropolitan Opera musicians and singers accepted two pay cuts in the coming year while management agreed to trim millions of dollars in expenses under tentative labor agreements between the company and its two biggest unions, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report.