Official With Media Foundation Accused of Sedition in Iran
Tehran claims Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian program coordinator for the Thomson Reuters Foundation who was arrested in Iran two months ago, plotted to overthrow the government, an allegation her husband termed “preposterous,” The New York Times reports.
A Tool One Foundation Uses to Ensure Diversity
Developing guidelines about diversity can help your nonprofit maintain those policies even as staff and board members change.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Crisis Text Line Gets $23.8 Million to Expand
The counseling nonprofit is taking a page from Silicon Valley with unrestricted funding aimed at fueling rapid growth.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Judith Rodin to Depart From Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Rodin told the foundation’s board Wednesday that she is stepping down after an 11-year tenure that saw her ramp up the venerable philanthropy’s impact investing and corporate partnerships, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Grassley Study Blasts Red Cross on Haiti Spending and Openness
Senator Charles Grassley issued a scathing report Wednesday on the charity’s earthquake response, saying it spent tens of millions of dollars more on internal expenses than it has acknowledged and misled his office about its cooperation with investigators, ProPublica and NPR report.
African Tech Firm Draws Chan-Zuckerberg Fund’s 1st Big Investment
The philanthropic entity established by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is leading a $24 million financing round for Andela, a Nigerian company that trains software engineers and places them with major technology firms, according to Quartz.
New Site Aims to Spotlight Stories of Nonprofit-Led ‘Renewal’
The collaboration between Atlantic Media Strategies and Allstate aims to chronicle charities’ creative solutions to local problems.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Embattled Girls Scouts CEO Leaving
Anna Maria Chávez faced serious challenges and was unable to reverse a long trend of declining membership. Sylvia Acevedo, a member of the group’s national Board of Directors, will be interim chief executive.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
House Approves Bill to End IRS Donor-Disclosure Mandate
The House of Representatives voted along party lines Tuesday for a Republican-backed proposal to bar the Internal Revenue Service from requiring that nonprofits list $5,000-plus contributors in their annual tax filings, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today report.
Bill Clinton Will Weigh Foundation Change if Hillary Is Elected
Speaking at a Clinton Global Initiative gathering in Atlanta Tuesday, the former president said for the first time that he will rethink his role at the Clinton Foundation if his wife enters the White House, writes The Wall Street Journal.
U. of Houston and Donor’s Heirs Reach Pact on Arena Renaming
The agreement with the family of the late judge and Houston mayor Roy Hofheinz, for whom the campus basketball arena is named, will allow the university to offer naming rights for a planned new sports venue, reports the Houston Chronicle.
Wall St. Scion in Charity-Fraud Case Lays Blame on Gambling
A lawyer for Andrew Caspersen, the former finance executive accused of cheating a Wall Street peer’s foundation of nearly $25 million as part of a larger fraud scheme, said in court Tuesday that his client was driven by a “pathological” gambling addiction, The New York Times reports.
Pope Nixes Argentine Leader’s Gift That Includes Figure ‘666’
Pope Francis turned down a pledge of approximately $1.2 million from President Mauricio Macri to a Vatican-backed charity, in part because the gift amount in Argentine pesos includes the number many Christians associate with the Antichrist, writes The Washington Post.
Walton Family Foundation Names Consultant as New Leader
Kyle Peterson, a consultant to grant makers and an international-development expert, will head the private family foundation, which has about $2.6 billion in assets.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
After Orlando Shooting, Nonprofits Respond Rapidly
Florida nonprofits have banded together to set up crisis hotlines, raise money, and communicate with the media and to start planning for the long-range needs of victims.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Crowdfunding Sites Teem With Drives for Orlando Victims
GoFundMe alone is hosting more than 100 fundraising campaigns connected to Sunday’s mass shooting, Slate writes.