Daily News Roundup: Paul Allen $125 Million Gift to Teach Machines Common Sense
In other news, Jewish women fundraisers say sexual harassment is common; the U.S. Olympic Committee CEO is stepping down; and articles delve into how a misleading statistic about sexual harassment ended up in the news and how Goodwill spends $5.7 billion in revenue. Plus, other news about elite colleges attracting low-income students, the philanthropy of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant and Dolly Parton, and more.
Charities and Their Founders Need More Exit Ramps
The nonprofit world would be stronger if we offered new incentives and approaches that encourage mergers, alliances, and other ways to prompt efficiencies.
By Andrew Lovett-Barron
Contributor
How Foundations Can Support Nonprofit Leadership Development
A foundation shares lessons and tips from an experimental approach to supporting local leadership development.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: State Audit Faults University Foundations
In other news, former President Obama makes another pitch for his presidential center; donors have given $775,000 so kids can see Black Panther; disgraced actor Kevin Spacey’s British foundation is closing its doors; a youth softball program in Oregon is raffling an AR-15 gun; and more.
Foundations Show Little Interest in Making Their Boards More Diverse, Report Says
Whites fill all the trustee positions at four out of 10 foundations, according to a survey by BoardSource.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Donor-Advised-Fund Giving Favors Education but Not Religion, Study Shows
The study by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy may be another ominous sign in a pattern of shrinking giving to faith groups.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Family-Planning Program Favors Clinics That Push Abstinence
In other news, International Committee of the Red Cross says 21 people have resigned or been fired since 2015 over sexual misconduct; 50 years after a landmark report, barriers to equality remain; the Moody Foundation is stepping up grants to small arts groups in Dallas; Disney gives $1 million from Black Panther to Boys & Girls Clubs; gifts from the Koch Foundation stir debate at the Harvard Kennedy School; and more news and opinion.
Nonprofits Dragged Into Russian Efforts to Peddle Falsehoods on Twitter, Salvaged Data Shows
The Clinton Foundation appeared to be the most popular nonprofit topic for tweeting and retweeting by accounts tied to a disinformation campaign, appearing 622 times.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Conservative Donors Are Behind an Anti-Union Case
The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could let workers avoid paying fees. In other news, public radio stations are relaunching three local-news sites that had abruptly shut down; Silicon Valley Community Foundation isn’t saying why it assets grew by 65 percent last year; and more about community foundations and sexual misconduct and other news.
Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift Will Fuel Museum Expansion
In other news, college endowments are sticking with costly alternative investments, despite more lucrative options; another donor is withdrawing a multimillion-dollar pledge from the University of Louisville; Parkland High School students have raised $3.7 million for their anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives; Haiti has suspended Oxfam Britain over the sex scandal; a KIPP co-founder has been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct; and much more.
Congress Confirms New AmeriCorps Leader, and Other Notable Personnel Moves
Also, the longtime president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland is retiring, and several major arts organizations are installing new leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Workers Under Stress: How Leaders Can Respond
Competition for talent, a demand for new ways of collaborative working, and the constant threat of policy changes from Washington are putting new demands on everybody who works to advance the common good, writes Monisha Kapila, head of ProInspire.
By MONISHA KAPILA
Contributor
Podcast: Former Obama Official Discusses How to Create a Culture of Innovation
Sonal Shah, former President Obama’s director of social innovation and civic participation, now leads a center at Georgetown University that teaches methods of social change, with a heavy emphasis on data and technology.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Worth of Art Goes to Colby College
In other news, $50 million goes for a new heart institute, and another $50 million to a nonprofit encrypted messaging app; student gun-safety advocates get help from existing groups; how teens are trying to start an anti-gun-violence movement from their living rooms; hate groups remain on the rise; and much more.
This Grant Maker Pledged $17.5 Million to Address Diversity and Inclusion in Its Own Ranks
A disclosure about its staff diversity — required in Britain — made for some “uncomfortable reading,” according to the group’s director.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Diversity Is Top of Mind for Nonprofit CEOs in 2018
More than 60 percent of CEOs and human-resource executives say recruiting or building an inclusive staff is a top hiring priority this year.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor