Unicef Cuts Ties to African Charity Linked to Alleged Cult
The United Nations Children’s Fund and the British government have suspended funding for DAPP Malawi, an aid nonprofit that has been tied to the Teachers Group, a shadowy network headed by an international fugitive, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting and the BBC.
Nonprofit Fla. College Has Telemarketing Army, Suit Claims
A lawsuit against Keiser University alleges the newly nonprofit institution employs 350 telemarketers to machine-call prospective students, potentially giving ammunition to critics who contend Keiser remains an essentially commercial enterprise, according to BuzzFeed News.
Education Group Says Endowments Can Afford More Student Aid
A new report on university investment funds concludes that the wealthiest institutions of higher learning can spend more to assist low-income students, Bloomberg writes.
Veteran Community Organizer to Lead Racial-Equity Work at Kellogg Foundation
Alvin Herring will serve as director of racial equity and community engagement at the Michigan grant maker. Also, a Western Union executive takes the reins at the company’s foundation.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Inspirational-Gifts Officer? Charities Buck Tradition on Job Titles
A growing number of nonprofits are moving away from “development” and “advancement” in fundraisers’ titles. Here’s what they’re using instead.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Potential Transfer of Nonprofit Web Services Creates Concern
The company that routes traffic to websites with domain names .org and .ngo might soon change, a process affecting millions of websites.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
World Vision’s Gaza Chief Accused by Israel of Aiding Hamas
Israeli security officials arrested the aid organization’s Gaza director on allegations that he steered tens millions of dollars from the charity to the Islamist Palestinian group’s military wing, Israeli daily Haaretz and the Associated Press report.
At Colleges Riven by Unrest, Older Alumni Rethink Giving
A year of student protests over race, gender, history, and identity at university campuses has engendered a backlash among alumni donors, particularly at elite liberal-arts institutions, according to The New York Times.
ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, donor-funded effort to reduce incarceration across the country, shifting its emphasis from the ballot box to the courtroom, reports BuzzFeed News.
Chicago United Way Chapter Hit by Executive Exodus
Five vice presidents, two with major roles in fundraising, left the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago in the space of 10 months recently, contributing to flat revenue growth in fiscal year 2016, Crain’s Chicago Business writes.
World Vision Donor Learns Story Behind His ‘Sponsored Child’
The New York Times looks at the intersection of a global aid charity, an individual contributor, and a Palestinian village in a human-interest story that grew out of a reporter’s chance encounter at the Sydney airport.
Roger Ailes Drops $500,000 Gift for N.Y. State Senior Center
Protests by Putnam County, N.Y., residents derailed a county proposal to turn over construction of a new elder-care center to the deposed Fox News chief’s nonprofit and name the facility after him, The Journal News of the Lower Hudson Valley reports.
Report Sees Fiscal 2016 Losses for College Endowments
New figures indicate college and university investment funds lost about three-quarters of 1 percent in the year ending June 30, the worst performance since the recession year of 2009, Bloomberg writes.
D.C. May Revisit Payments in Lieu of Taxes for Colleges
Georgetown, George Washington, and other universities in the District hold property that would have added $111 million to city coffers were it not nonprofit-owned, The Washington Post writes.
Ronald Lauder’s Gallery May Hold Work Looted by Nazis
The philanthropist and cosmetics heir, who has helped lead global efforts to track down art plundered by the Nazis and return it to Jewish owners, is stepping up efforts to establish the provenance of works in his Manhattan museum, writes The New York Times.
Watchdog Nonprofit Unveils Database to Trace ‘Dark Money’
The Center for Public Integrity launched a new online tool Tuesday aimed at shedding light on the flow of funds coursing into political campaigns via nonprofits that are not required to identify donors.