Ex-Official at Newark Water Nonprofit Admits Corruption
A former manager of the nonprofit agency that oversaw the New Jersey city’s water supply pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges involving nearly $1 million in kickbacks from contractors, Bloomberg reports.
Elections and Economy Offer Challenges to Fundraisers in 2016
The public can be distracted as the candidates’ rhetoric heats up, experts say, but this year’s outlook also reveals that retiring boomers offer opportunities for new support.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Walmart Heirs Make $407 Million in Year-End Gifts to Trust
Siblings Alice, Rob, and Jim Walton collectively donated 6.7 million shares of Walmart stock to a trust formed earlier last year to fund the family’s philanthropy, Fortune writes.
Alphabet Executive to Donate $148 Million From Startup Sale
Diane Greene, a director of Google parent company Alphabet, plans to give her proceeds from Alphabet’s purchase of her cloud-computing firm Bebop Technologies to a donor-advised fund, The Wall Street Journal and VentureBeat report.
N.J. Hospital Group Backs Plan for Fees in Lieu of Taxes
The New Jersey Hospital Association, which represents the state’s 62 nonprofit hospitals, endorsed legislation that would require the medical centers to make annual payments for local government services, reports the Press of Atlantic City.
Ex-Field Museum Employee Acknowledges $410,000 Theft
The 11-year staff member admitted in federal court Monday to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Chicago natural-history museum by pocketing cash payments by visitors, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Meeting the Need for Cheaper Medical Devices
D-Rev produced a high-quality prosthetic knee for $80 and developed an ultra-low-budget device to treat jaundice.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advice for Bridging Generational Divides at Nonprofits
Philanthropic leaders featured in The Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 list offer insights into how to succeed in environments in which being precocious often isn’t seen a virtue.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bold Leaders Who Defy Millennial Stereotypes
As part of The Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 special feature, Paul Schmitz takes on myths and hype about millennials.
By PAUL SCHMITZ
Contributor
Pay-for-Success Financing: What the Future Holds
Experts share what they’ve learned and offer advice in the last installment of this three-part video series.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Michael Brennan: Tech Expert Takes on Social Ills
The program officer at the Ford Foundation puts his Ph.D. in computer science to work as he explores the impact of technology on society.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Donnel Baird: Clean Energy in Old Buildings
Where banks look the other way, his BlocPower effort gets creative to attract environmentally minded investors to help nonprofits cut their energy budgets.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Ommeed Sathe: Facelift for a Midsize City
Prudential Financial is working revitalize Newark’s downtown, among other areas, and it has found someone committed to figuring out what works best for each community.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Cristina Jimenez, Giving Dreamers a Voice
An undocumented youth from Ecuador turned a moment of deep personal shame into a burning desire change the course of immigration policy and discourse in the United States.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Vu Le: Speaking Truth to Power — Humorously
A blogger uses startling honesty and whip-smart humor to say things many nonprofit workers wish they could say.
Jason Cone: Reluctant Frontman
When a military airstrike hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, a former journalist who worked for the group stepped in front of the TV cameras and turned up the heat on the U.S. government.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects