Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg Letter Outlines Long-Term Plan for Philanthropy
In other news, the Gates Foundation is committing $300 million to develop new crops to withstand the ravages of climate change; a graduate who barely squeaked by at the Rochester Institute of Technology donated $50 million to the institution; charity and advocacy are sustaining Sandy Hook families five years after the shootings; and much more on donor-advised funds and impact investing, as well as nonprofits and the law.
Daily News Roundup: Telemarketers Pocketing Most of the Millions Raised by Veterans Charity
In other news, from 2011 to 2015, another controversial telemarketer reportedly raised more than $118 million on behalf of charities and kept $106 million; the New York Philharmonic has made quick work of raising $50 million; five dancers at the New York City Ballet have accused leader Peter Martins of physical abuse; a new research center is helping scientists mine data for good; and more.
Grants Roundup: 3M Gives $26 Million to the U. of Minnesota
Also, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has granted over $5 million to TechTown and the Michigan Nonprofit Association to build a new resource hub for charity leaders in Detroit.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Creator of the Me Too Movement Calls on Foundations to Support Grass-Roots Activists
Tarana Burke, who founded a nonprofit that has recently gained traction, got small-foundation support that was “life changing.” But she and others say more is needed to bring more power to this moment.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Hewlett Pledges $600 Million to Develop Renewable Energy
The commitment puts the grant maker at the vanguard of an effort to fulfill the goals of the Paris climate agreement even as U.S. support of the deal has vanished.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Charities Compete Onstage for $100 Million MacArthur Prize
In other articles, A U.N. expert on extreme poverty met Monday with Puerto Rican hurricane victims to assess the U.S. response to the disaster; a report on business executives taking public stands on issues unrelated to their companies’ bottom lines; how libertarian Charles Koch and Silicon Valley are working together to push the idea that government should leave innovation alone; and more.
Daily News Roundup: Politcking and the Tax Code — Freeing Charities or Harming Them?
In other articles, a think tank says 29 million households now writing off donations and other deductions would no longer be able to do so under either of the tax plans; another report says that under the House bill, big donors could give unlimited sums to independent political groups in secret — and write off those contributions; research shows how far people will go to avoid giving — and how behavioral economics can help them be more charitable; and much more.
Gifts Roundup: Columbia and Cambridge Universities Received 9-Figure Gifts
Donors featured in this week’s roundup include the family of the late Ray Dolby, who founded Dolby Laboratories and invented the Dolby Sound System.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: New York Public Radio Suspends 2 More Hosts
Both are on leave while the station investigates accusations of inappropriate conduct. In other articles, while Jared Kushner is pursing Mideast peace, the Kushner Companies Charitable Foundation is giving to a controversial West Bank settlement; Colin Kaepernick’s giving shows his vision for social change; and much more.
According to an NBC report, a Russian lawyer told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2016 that Mr. Trump was seeking information about illegal donations to the foundation. In other news and features: an article on how conspiracy theories about George Soros have obscured other issues with large-scale giving; a report on how nonprofits are using a private-equity fund to pull a poor neighborhood out of poverty; and more.
Grants Roundup: Wells Fargo Offers $50 Million for Native American Groups
Other grants include $8 million to develop new treatments for leukemia and $5 million for the Baltimore Police Department for crime-fighting technology.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: 5 Years in Prison for Former Congresswoman Who Raised Money for Fake Charity
In other news, allegations of bullying and sexual harassment rock New York’s WNYC public radio station after popular host departs; the new tax bill could benefit private schools and hurt public education; Code.org will use $12 million from the Gates Foundation to train more teacher and update curricula; and more.
Open Your Tent for Supporters Wide, Says Leader of Progressive Group
Groundswell Fund’s Vanessa Daniel believes donors will respond when reproductive rights are linked with other progressive issues.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Pressing Foundations to Fight Opioid Abuse
Claire Fiddian-Green of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation is rallying fellow grant makers to tackle the epidemic.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: How the Tax Bill Could Alter Giving
In other articles, the Metropolitan Opera suspended its renowned conductor and former music director after three men claimed he sexually abused them as teenagers; Jared Kushner failed to disclose his role as a co-director of a foundation when the group funded an Israeli settlement; a nonprofit associated with the Koch Brothers gave $1.7 million to Project Veritas; and much more on giving.
Daily News Roundup: How Cities Can Urge Mega-Gifts Be Spread Around More Equitably
Urban areas are trying to encourage the wealthy to give more for people in need and less on parks and institutions popular with the rich; gifts from the Sackler family, who made their wealth in opioid sales, raise the question of whether museums should vet their donors; the N.Y. attorney general wants to know why Project Veritas didn’t disclose its leader’s criminal conviction in records submitted to the state; and more.