Tips for Starting an Employee-Led Fundraising Campaign
How one university’s marketing department started a scholarship fund, and how you can, too.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
The New York attorney general filed a lawsuit alleging that four times Trump signed the grant maker’s tax returns that stated incorrectly his businesses hadn’t benefited from its money. In other articles, the University of Southern Maine got a gift of maps worth $100 million; an interview with the couple who have raised $19 million on Facebook for migrant children; and much more about immigrants and the nonprofits housing the children. Plus, more news about endowments and think tanks and giving.
Daily News Roundup: Millions Given for Migrant Legal Aid
A Texas nonprofit is using the money, in part, to help parents contact their children by phone. In other articles, Facebook and crowdsourcing have helped fuel fundraising for migrants; in the months before its “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, the Trump administration awarded contracts and grants to nonprofits and business to run facilities housing migrant children; and other articles about Trump’s federal-agency overhaul plan and much more news.
New Executives Join World Resources Institute and JustLeadershipUSA
Also, the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles appointed a new president, and Douglas Bennet, the former president of National Public Radio and later Wesleyan University, has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint
Wide-ranging allegations against Rajiv Shah, including steering money to friends, were found to be “without factual basis or merit,” says board chairman Richard Parsons.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Donors Give Millions to Separated Migrant Families
Hundreds of thousands of people are giving to nonprofits to help families being separated at the U.S.-Mexican border, including to a record-breaking Facebook campaign that has brought in $12 million so far. Also, a look inside the nonprofits and companies that house the children. In other articles, the Trump administration is taking aim at safety-net programs as it eyes government reorganization; and much more about big philanthropy and other nonprofit news.
Nonprofit Leaders Add to Outpouring of Fury Over Border Policies
Pressure built in the days and hours leading up to President Trump’s reversal on separating migrant children from parents, with nonprofit leaders calling the policy “cruel” and a violation of human rights.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
New Facebook Fundraising Tool Brings In $1.7 Million for Susan G. Komen
The company’s software syncs with the nonprofit’s, so when people register to raise money for a charity, they get a pop-up message that they can also be raising money on Facebook.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Outrage Over Family Separations Prompts Protests by Advocay Groups
Rallies are planned in 132 cities on June 30 to protest the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrant children apart from their parents. In other articles, one Texas nonprofit reaped $450 million to house detained children in a former Walmart store; the CEO of a nonprofit shelter for detained immigrant children — and who called police on a Democratic senator when he tried to enter the building — is paid $770,000; and much more about big philanthropy and other news.
Grant Makers Share Case Studies to Improve Response to Immigrant Crises
As the nation watches wrenching scenes play out at the U.S.-Mexico border, a group called Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees is working on a long-term strategy to build public understanding of and support for refugees.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg and Sandberg Give to Unite Immigrant Families
The pair gave to an online drive by former Facebook employees raising money for a Texas nonprofit. In other articles, a look at what would happen if university endowments invested only in funds with diverse hiring practices; how the Koch brothers are fighting public-transit plans; and more about big philanthropy and other news.
$16.3 Billion Drop in Giving Predicted This Year Due to Tax Cut
The study by the American Enterprise Institute assumes modest economic growth and adds to the growing body of literature predicting rough times ahead for nonprofit fundraising.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Wealth Gap in Cities Is at Center of $4 Million Kresge Grant
The money will go to prominent think tanks, with bigger investments expected to follow.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Leadership Changes at Commonfund and FSG; Make-a-Wish America CEO Departing
Also, actor and comedian Seth Rogen’s nonprofit, Hilarity for Charity, has named its first executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Podcast: How Oxfam America Takes on ‘Structural Issues That Keep People Poor’
CEO Abby Maxman discusses Oxfam’s top-to-bottom response to allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its workers in Haiti and the charity’s continued focus on “structural issues that keep people poor.”
$500 Million Campaign Reveals New Fundraising Might for National Park Foundation
The 50-year-old organization had never raised more than $25 million in a year until it launched its first-ever drive in 2013. Now, its leaders are surveying vast new territory.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor