Obituary: Joseph Mandel, Major Cleveland Philanthropist
Mr. Mandel, one of three Cleveland brothers who parlayed a small auto-parts business into a billion-dollar fortune that they have pledged to largely donate to charity, died Tuesday at age 102, The Plain Dealer writes.
San Francisco Art Museums Appoints Frankfurt Museum Head as Director
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco on Tuesday named Max Hollein, the Vienna-born leader of a trio of German art institutions, as its new director, filling a nearly year-old vacancy, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ex-L.A. Council Aide Acquitted in Nonprofit Fraud Case
A long-time lobbyist and former adviser to a Los Angeles City Council member was acquitted Tuesday on charges that he and his wife used a nonprofit to divert nearly $20,000 in public funds to a former local water-district official, the Los Angeles Times reports.
A Decade In, Twitter Is the Real-Time Pulse of Nonprofit Advocacy
It’s hard to imagine being active in the social sphere without Twitter. The challenge it faces is to maintain its most valuable qualities as it continues to grow.
By TOM WATSON
Contributor
Bad Boards and Pushy Millennials: Fundraisers Share Strategies That Work — and War Stories
At the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Boston, development leaders focused on how to help their trustees do a better job and how to cope with demographic challenges.
Teach for America to Shed 15% of National Staff
The teacher-training nonprofit is reducing its national work force by a net 150 jobs in a move the group’s leaders say will give its more than 50 regional offices greater autonomy, The Washington Post reports.
Ford and Atlantic Funds Back Policing Center’s Move to N.Y.
A prominent research institute focused on police-community relations will move from the UCLA to New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice with $2.5 million in support from the Ford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies, writes The New York Times.
Half of Fundraisers Start Careers by Age 27, According to New Data
Women lag men in advanced degrees and top salaries, according to a forthcoming study by Indiana U. researchers.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Anti-Defamation League Redirects Trump Donations
The nonprofit said it will redirect tens of thousands of dollars in donations from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to anti-bullying and anti-bias efforts, Politico reports.
Senator Asks Wounded Warrior Project to Share Financial Data
Sen. Charles Grassley requested detailed financial information from the beleaguered veterans group one week after it fired its two top executives, reports The New York Times.
2 Nonprofit Government Watchdogs Merge
The nonprofit government watchdog Center for Effective Government is being folded into the Project on Government Oversight, trade magazine Government Executive reports.
Gov. Christie Seeks to Suspend Taxes on Nonprofit Hospitals
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proposed a two-year freeze that would stop local governments from collecting property taxes from nonprofit hospitals, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Nonprofit Set Up by L.A. Mayor Raised Nearly $15 Million in 1st Year
The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, started by Mayor Eric Garcetti to help fund civic projects, spent less than a third of the $14.6 million it took in from foundations, corporate charities, and other donors in fiscal 2015, reports the Los Angeles Times.
N.Y. Arts Group Could Reap $100 Million in Property Sale
Venerable arts nonprofit the National Academy has decided to sell its longtime home, a pair of Beaux Arts Manhattan buildings appraised at $107 million in 2012, deeming the landmark property too expensive for the group to maintain, writes The New York Times.
Ex-Education Secretary Takes Post With Jobs Philanthropy
Two months after leaving President Obama’s cabinet, Arne Duncan is joining Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective to head up a program aimed at creating job opportunities for young black men in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune writes.
Biden Taps Ex-Nonprofit Head to Lead Federal Cancer Effort
The former leader of a charity that worked to speed the transition of basic research into lifesaving medical treatments has been appointed by the vice president to lead the administration’s “moonshot” effort to find a cure for cancer, The New York Times reports.