Opinion: Why Catholic U. Will Keep $1-Million Koch Donation
In a Wall Street Journal column, the school’s president and business-school dean reject arguments by some Catholic academics and progressive groups that it should reject a $1-million gift from conservative billionaire Charles Koch’s foundation.
Opinion: Corcoran Gallery’s End a Failure of Governance
The agreement announced this week to effectively dissolve Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art points up an “emerging crisis in nonprofit governance” that is increasingly engulfing significant cultural institutions, a Wall Street Journal editor writes.
Opinion: Young Rich Love to Give but Not to ‘Big Charity’
The children of ultra-high net-worth families are embracing philanthropy but in a much different manner than their parents, a circumstance that could spell trouble for large, traditional charities, according to a Forbes contributor.
Citigroup Olympics Marketing Focuses Sports Charities
With public esteem for big banks riding low in opinion surveys, Citigroup is weaving cause-marketing into its Olympics sponsorship with commercials and a website promoting sports-related organizations, according to The New York Times.
Donors in Silicon Valley Want Flexibility in Their Giving, a Nonprofit Finds
Founders of technology companies are looking for the same kind of flexibility and ingenuity in giving that helped them build successful start-up ventures.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Foundations Must Work Together to Plan for Immigration-Law Overhaul
A coalition of grant makers says investing in social services and advocacy is an urgent step as the citizenship movement gains steam.
Sharing Data for All the World to See Helps Charities Do Better Work
Nonprofits need to capture the same hunger for customer feedback that helps companies innovate.
By Ned Breslin
Contributor
Wash. Court Says Faith Groups Can Be Sued for Nonreligious Job Bias
Washington’s Supreme Court narrowly upheld religious nonprofits’ exemption from the state’s anti-discrimination law but said they can be sued for job discrimination if the employee’s work is not faith-related, writes the Associated Press.
Opinion: Philanthropy Advice Bill Gates Won’t Give You
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, a foundation leader offers philanthropy advice to wealthy young people he says are increasingly subject to “arm-twisting” from politicians, nonprofits, and Giving Pledge founders Bill Gates and Warren Buffett about how and when to give away their money.
Opinion: Nuns’ Argument in Contraception Case ‘Fantastical’
Longtime Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse challenges the narrative advanced by Little Sisters of the Poor to buttress its legal claim that its religious liberty is infringed by the White House’s compromise for faith organizations on contraceptive care in her New York Times column.