Daily News Roundup: Conn. Charities Could Lose Sales-Tax Exemption
The proposal, aimed at reducing the state’s huge budget gap, would cost Connecticut charities more than $200 million a year. Also, a look at ties between a pharmaceutical giant and a tiny disease charity, and a big gift aims to send every student at a Maine college to study abroad.
Skoll Foundation CEO Plans to Step Down
After 16 years at the helm, Sally Osberg will become senior adviser to Jeff Skoll, the former president of eBay who created the fund, and his social-purpose businesses.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Grants Roundup: $20 Million From State Farm Expands Data Effort at Georgia State U.
Other notable awards include $16 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to equip rural hospitals in the Midwest.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Letter: Limiting Charity Tax Breaks for Advocacy Would Hurt Everyone
Donors need freedom to support organizations that promote civic equality and challenge the status quo.
Daily News Roundup: GOP Eyes Tax Bill for Johnson Amendment Repeal
House Republicans are reportedly folding language to end the ban on politicking by charities into larger tax legislation. Also, a Wall Street traditionalist on the Ford Foundation’s board embraces impact investing, and opposition recedes to charities holding big galas at President Trump’s Florida estate.
NoVo’s $90 Million Will Support Efforts Led by Young Women of Color
The NoVo Foundation named building solidarity and combating racism and sexual violence as priorities for $90 million in grant funding it pledged a year ago.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Modern Master Robert Ryman Donates Art Trove to Dia Foundation
Also, the European Union weighs legal action over Hungary’s targeting of George Soros-backed nonprofits, and a business professor calls for limiting the charitable tax deduction to gifts to “efficient” nonprofits.
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Starts Website to Help People Facing Adversity
The Facebook COO’s project provides information on coping with sexual assault, divorce, violence, health problems, incarceration, and other issues.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Former Feed the Children CEO Sues Over Ouster
A former congressman alleges he was fired by the anti-hunger charity after 10 months on the job for reporting irregularities to Oklahoma’s attorney general. Also, a look at how big Silicon Valley companies are redefining corporate social responsibility.
Grants Roundup: Good Ventures Gives $13.5 Million to Tackle Parasitic Infections
Other notable awards include $25 million to Texas A&M’s Mays Business School and $10 million to support Global Wildlife Conservation’s work protecting ecosystems and endangered species.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Foundations That Care About the Spread of Ideas Should Finance Journalism
Innovative support for reporting and editing can help ensure the public gets the information it needs to make wise decisions.
By Bill Nichols
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Reporting on Trump’s Philanthropy Earns Pulitzer Prize
David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post won journalism’s most prestigious honor for his dogged tracking last year of the then-candidate’s claims about his giving. Also, the head of Oregon’s equity-focused Meyer Memorial Trust announces plans to step down.
Nonprofit Applies Behavioral Science to Nudge Giving
Ideas42 draws on cutting-edge research to help people make smarter choices in health, housing ... and now philanthropy.
By MARC GUNTHER
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: ‘I Have a Dream’ Education Donor Eugene Lang Dies
Mr. Lang famously promised to pay college tuition for a Harlem school’s sixth-grade class and later started a charity that helped thousands more students attain higher education. Also, New York State lawmakers drop a plan to reap revenue from university foundations.
Daily News Roundup: Trump Plans Could Mean ‘Life and Death’ for Charities
Nonprofit leaders and lobbyists say the administration’s budget plans pose an existential threat to many organizations. Also, European lawmakers call for action against Hungary’s targeting of nonprofits and institutions funded by George Soros, and Britain fines major charities for “wealth screening” of donors.
Grants Roundup: Omidyar Group Pledges $100 Million to Address ‘Trust Deficit’
The funds will support investigative journalism and efforts to counter misinformation and hate speech. Other notable awards include $21 million from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation to turn medical research into practical care and $10.1 million from Taube Philanthropies to bolster a California collection of Jewish art.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor