Trump Is Shutting Down His Charity: Daily News Roundup
December 18, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Trump Agrees to Shut Down His Charity Amid Allegations He Used It for Personal and Political Benefit (Washington Post)
Northeastern U. Receives $50 Million Gift for Computer Sciences (Boston Globe). Plus, see more in the Chronicle about big gifts for artificial intelligence.
Charities Feeling Flush Despite Tax Law Changes (Roll Call). Plus, see a Chronicle article on how nonprofits are responding to the new law in their year-end appeals.
5 Ways Charitable Giving Is Likely to Change in 2019 (Time)
Aid Manager for Mercy Corps Shares View From Inside Yemen (NPR)
Ideas, Opinion and Innovation
7 Standards for End-of-Year Donations (Opinion — New York Times)
The Case Against Billionaire Philanthropy: an Interview With Rob Reich (Vox). Plus, see more from Reich, author of “Just Giving,” in this Chronicle opinion article.
In Asia, Rockefeller Foundation Wants to Invite ‘Unusual Actors’ to the Table (Devex)
About Cultural Organizations
L.A. Philharmonic Violinist Vijay Gupta Is Leaving Orchestra and Taking Songs to the Streets (Los Angeles Times). Plus, see more in the Chronicle about Gupta, a 2018 MacArthur fellow.
National Park Service Now Owns the Home Where Martin Luther King Jr. Was Born (New York Times)
Can Artists Organize? This Nonprofit Wants Them to Earn a Fair Wage (New Yorker)
