Daily News Roundup: Bill and Melinda Gates Urge U.S. Commitment to Foreign Aid
The couple’s annual letter, styled this year as a report to Warren Buffett, touts gains that aid funding has achieved in combating poverty and disease. Also, the Rockefeller Foundation brings its focus on building communities’ resilience to a digital news site.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Former CDC Official as New CEO
Richard Besser has worked at the Centers for Disease Control and is a professor of pediatrics at Columbia University.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Trump’s Itchy Twitter Finger Making Charities Uneasy
Communications experts say nonprofits that are worried about the president’s online ire should have a plan to weather sudden tweetstorms.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
International Nonprofits See a Tough Road Ahead Despite Court Rulings on Travel Ban
Organizations that help resettle refugees worry they will face a much more difficult working environment for years ahead.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Dana-Farber to Eschew ‘Controversial’ Fundraising Venues
Also, the NRA’s leader gets a $3.7 million compensation bump, and a tiny New York State college schools the Ivy League on endowment investing.
North Star Fund and Global Dignity Get New Leaders
The Arab American Family Support Center, the Metta Fund, the Miracle Foundation, and Project Hope also see transitions at the top.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Salvation Army to Pay Millions in Pa. Thrift-Store Collapse
Also, the Red Cross suspends aid work in Afghanistan after six employees are killed in an ambush by suspected militants, and a fight over the use of Audrey Hepburn’s image and effects for charity lands in court.
6 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Navigate an Unpredictable Political Landscape
The overall economy is more important than tax policy for nonprofits, and other important advice to keep in mind during tumultuous times.
By PETER FISSINGER
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Issues First Grants
The organization overseeing Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s $3 billion effort to tackle all disease earmarks $50 million to dozens of biomedical researchers. Also, India cuts financial ties with the Gates Foundation on a massive vaccine program.
Daily News Roundup: Upheaval Hits Clergy-Abuse Watchdog Charity
Also, a $25 million gift supports the University of Minnesota’s legal aid for immigrants, and a tally of tax records shows President Obama donated more than $1 million while in office.
Billionaire John Arnold Defends His Philanthropy, Big Gifts, and Mark Zuckerberg
“It is easier to criticize a personality than an organization,” Mr. Arnold says in an interview with The Chronicle, in which he also explains his support for a controversial Baltimore surveillance program.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Leaders Must Listen to Solve Big Problems, Author Says
The corporate-style leadership increasingly in vogue in philanthropy is ill-suited for tackling complex social issues, the author of a forthcoming book argues.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Quantum Age Beckons. Philanthropy Should Help Us Understand It.
As quantum theory takes root in the social as well as the physical sciences, foundations should invest in efforts to better our grasp of this powerful idea and its potential for both good and ill.
By Stephen Del Rosso
Contributor
Decline in Giving by Individuals Last Year Kept College Fundraising Flat
U.S. universities raised $41 billion, barely more than the previous year. Harvard led the way, taking in nearly $1.2 billion.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investments
The New York family philanthropy also issued a report aimed at helping other foundations that want their portfolios to mesh with their missions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: ACLU Rallies Left With Front-Line Fight on Trump Actions
Also, a refugee-resettlement charity faces an uncertain future in the wake of President Trump’s bid to restrict immigration, and Republican members of Congress call for amending the Johnson Amendment.