Tex. Women’s-Health Program Funds Pro-Life Activist’s Group
The Heidi Group, which offers no direct health services and is headed by an antiabortion advocate, received $1.6 million from Healthy Texas Women, one of the biggest grants from the new state program to subsidize family planning and health services for low-income women, the Austin American-Statesman writes.
Why and How to Build a Diverse Nonprofit Board
Making nonprofits better reflect the communities they serve starts at the board level.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
1 in 3 Charities Ignores Online Queries From Donors, Says Study
Twenty-seven percent of the organizations surveyed also disabled Facebook Messenger, according to a new report by two fundraising consulting companies.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Black Lives Matter Aims to Raise $100 Million to Back Agenda
On the heels of issuing a six-point policy platform to address systemic racial inequity and injustice, the movement is ramping up organizational and fundraising work in support of the plan, Fortune writes.
Opinion: Why Philanthropy Needs to Embrace ‘Black Rage’
A Baltimore nonprofit leader argues in an essay on Medium that grant makers and nonprofits urgently need to reflect, and act upon, the anger in communities of color over inequality and racial violence.
Emails Suggest Clinton Foundation Sought State Dept. Favors
A conservative watchdog group released a new batch of emails Tuesday that suggest close ties and overlapping interests between the foundation and the Hillary Clinton-led State Department, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report.
Ga.-Based Global Health Charity Wins $2 Million Hilton Prize
The Task Force for Global Health, which has led collaborative efforts to tackle large-scale health issues affecting people in poverty, has been awarded the 2016 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced Tuesday.
Ala. Charity’s Ex-CFO Gets 17 Years in $11 Million Fraud
Terri McGuire Mollica was also ordered to forfeit nearly $2 million in proceeds she received from the scheme to divert millions from a pair of Alabama community-health centers to their chief executive, reports The Birmingham News.
Community Foundations Pursue Impact Investments to Build Local Economies
Case studies show community grant makers investing some assets in local enterprises, rather than on Wall Street, to achieve both social and financial returns.
By CATHERINE COVINGTON
Contributor
Israel Links Save the Children and U.N. Aid Workers to Hamas
A Palestinian employee of the United Nations Development Program was indicted Tuesday on charges of assisting Hamas, and a Save the Children aid worker has also come under suspicion as part of Israeli authorities’ investigation of alleged ties between aid groups and Gaza militants, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse report.
Dozens of Think-Tank Scholars Also Work for Corporations
The dual roles are often undisclosed by representatives of nonprofit policy institutes who do research on issues for which they also serve as corporate lobbyists or consultants, The New York Times writes in the second article in a series detailing ties between think tanks and big business.
Watchdog Group Says Trump Charity Mixed Giving and Politics
The left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called Monday for the Internal Revenue Service to review the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s tax-exempt status, claiming involvement by the charity in its founder’s presidential campaign, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post report.
Podcast: Making the Most of a Myriad of Fundraising Tools
Digital strategist Peter Panepento shares some surprising findings from his recent survey on how nonprofits are mixing and matching from a growing array of ways to reach donors.
By Tony Martignetti
Contributor
Mining the 990: A Guide to Gleaning Key Data From Charities’ Tax Forms
A quick reference to find important information on nonprofit groups from the forms they’re required to file with the Internal Revenue Service.
How to Find a Charity’s Assets, Liabilities, Other Financials, and Accounting Information
Where to find information on a charity’s total assets, donor-advised funds, endowments, and more.
How to Find a Charity’s Status, Mission, Programs, and Structure
Where to find information on a charity’s programs, local chapters, related information and more.