Salesforce.Org to Include Schools in Its Philanthropy: Daily News Roundup
December 12, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Boy Scouts of America Considering Bankruptcy Filing to Stop Sexual Harassments Lawsuits Against Them (Insider)
Salesforce.org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools (San Francisco Chronicle)
Madoff’s Victims, Including Nonprofits, Are Close to Getting Their $19 Billion Back (Bloomberg)
Ind. Nonprofit Challenges USDA in Lawsuit Over Giving Money to Farms (Indianapolis Star)
Allen Institute Announces Plan to Fund Research on Human Immunology (STAT)
Nonprofit Leader Pleads Guilty in Congressional Travel Plot (CQ Roll Call)
Star Flutist Is Paid $64,451 Less than Her Male Counterpart, So She’s Suing (Washington Post)
About Big Donors
Where is Jack Dorsey’s Charitable Foundation? (San Francisco Chronicle)
Got $5 Million to Spare? Yale Will Manage It as a Donor-Advised Fund (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Here’s What the Savviest Philanthropists Know About Giving Back (Robb Report)
It’s Surprisingly Hard to Give Away Billions of Dollars (Vox)
Innovation
Lyft Works With Martha’s Table to Bring People to Grocery Stores (Verge)
Sesame Street Takes On Homelessness (New York Times)
People Who Made a Difference in 2018 (New York Times)
About Cultural Organizations
The National Gallery of Art Will Have a Woman Director for the First Time (Washington Post)
Why This Female-Led Organization Gives Art Grants to Women 40 and Over (Robb Report)
Activists Protest at Whitney Museum, Demanding Vice Chairman and Owner of Tear-Gas Manufacturer ‘Must Go’ (Hyperallergic)
Opinion: National Museum of History Opponents Should Put Down Their Pitchforks (Crain’s New York Business)