Foundation Salaries Vary Widely, Study Finds
The survey also showed a wide variation in benefits, with corporate foundations far more likely to provide maternity leave than other types of grant makers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Humane Society Donors Call for CEO to Be Fired
Some donors are not happy that Wayne Pacelle is staying on during the investigation into complaints of sexual harassment. In other news, after the Federal Trade Commission accused a telemarketer of lying to potential donors, some charities are considering cutting ties; the University of Iowa wants to drop Steve Wynn’s name from an institute after he was accused of sexual misconduct; a donor gave money to a conservancy to name a great white shark after Robert Mueller; and much more.
Foundations Push Grantees to Get Tough on Child Abuse
Supporters of the effort, which has been underway for three years, say the crimes of former Olympic physician Larry Nassar should send a message throughout philanthropy that organizations must have policies in place to prevent such abuses.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Humane Society Sexual-Harassment Controversy Widens
Two senior executives are being investigated for incidents going back more than a decade. In other news, an aid group says that the Border Patrol routinely undermines efforts to help migrants; the California Senate has passed a bill that would let residents pay taxes through a federally deductible, state-run charity; some companies are making charitable deductions with their savings from the new tax law; and much more, including articles on giving and nonprofit leaders.
How a College Addressed the Gender Giving Gap
After Dartmouth created a group called the Centennial Circle for alumnae who give at least $100,000, many women who had given small sums before stepped up with a big gift.
Grants Roundup: Mellon Gives $10 Million for Humanities; Walmart Sends $5 Million to Puerto Rico
Plus, the Yawkee Foundations will help a South Carolina hospital build a new surgery pavilion, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $5.5 million to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily New Roundup: 3 Women Accuse Humane Society CEO of Sexual Misconduct
Investigators from a law firm hired by the Humane Society interviewed 33 people including the CEO, Wayne Pacelle. In other news, the Salvation Army got a $50 million gift to aid the homeless; FEMA is ending food and water aid to Puerto Rico; the Trumps have invited the founder of a nonprofit rescue team to the State of the Union address; why more Super Bowl ads are pushing nonprofit causes; and much more, including articles on Russian and the NRA and the Koch brothers’ network.
Daily News Roundup: Banks and Universities Often Have Lucrative Partnerships
Banks have contracts across the country that essentially make universities their sales representatives. In other articles, employee theft at nonprofits is commonplace; the #MeToo movement has reached evangelical nonprofits; the NCAA president was notified about sexual-assault reports years ago; Cecile Richards discusses her post-Planned Parenthood plans; an opinion column makes the case for foundations to spend down their assets and close; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Treasury Dept. Skeptical of States’ Efforts to Evade New Cap on Tax Deductions
In other articles, Jeff Bezos’s first big donation sends an important message; scientists are angry over a climate-change denier’s role on the board; Trump’s billionaire donors give more to groups that deny climate change; 17 universities oppose an anti-smoking group with tobacco ties; why groups that inundate people’s inboxes bring in more money; and much more including articles about giving, museums, international news, and sexual harassment at nonprofits.
How Foundations Can Avoid Common Pitfalls and Collaborate
Cultural differences between grant makers and a lack of senior-staff involvement are just two of several possible roadblocks to success.
By PAUL JELLINEK
Contributor
In other articles, a report gives more details about sexual-harassment allegations against Garrison Keillor, and Mr. Keillor responds; Ecolab makes a $25 million foundation gift; the Mayo Clinic gets $20 million for a building that’s under construction; Colin Kaepernick and Snoop Dogg give $35,000 to fight police brutality; and much more.
Grants Roundup: $25 Million for Pancreatic Cancer Research; $10 Million for Bush Library
Plus, the MetLife Foundation works to combat poverty with a $5 million grant to a debt-repayment charity, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Journalism Competition Awards $100,000 Each to Its First Two Winners
The prizes from the Heising-Simons Foundation are for freelance journalists who tell the stories of people often overlooked by other media.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Conn. Theater Leader Accused of Sexual Misconduct
in other articles, the University of Texas is the richest public university in the country, but very little of its endowment goes to financial aid; a Silicon Valley program to educate the world’s poorest children has become a lightning rod over its teaching methods and more; President Trump has pursued two-thirds of the policies recommended by the conservative Heritage Foundation; and much more.
Gates-Funded Study Identifies Pathways Out of Poverty
Still to be determined; whether the $41 billion grant maker will join the Ford Foundation and others that have taken on the issue in a big way.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: 42 Richest People Worth as Much as 3.7 Billion Poorest
Oxfam published a report on the inequality gap to coincide with the first day of meetings of the World Economic Forum in. In other news, a new project has raised $30 million to provide bail money to people who can’t afford it; a nonprofit is helping provide advance grants for military death benefits during the government shutdown; a nonprofit links immigrants with lenders to start businesses; Apple is working with the Malala Fund to fight for girls’ education; and much more.