Reader Favorites in 2015: Year in Review
What caught the attention of Chronicle subscribers last year? Stories about new developments in fundraising were hot, as were reports on the science of giving, and pay and hiring.
Charity Navigator Removes Clinton Foundation From Watch List
The watchdog group says the filing of several years of new and updated IRS information has addressed concerns about transparency.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Chan Responds to Questions About Plans for Facebook Fortune
In an email to The Chronicle, the wife of the social-media pioneer Mark Zuckerberg describes the couple’s ideas on how they will distribute billions of dollars to philanthropic efforts.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
N.J. Alzheimer’s Group Joins Exodus From National Federation
Following the lead of affiliates in New York City and Southern California, the Greater New Jersey Alzheimer’s Association chapter is leaving the national group over its plan to reorganize into a single legal entity, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Audit Faults NYC Homelessness Office on Shelter Monitoring
A review by New York City’s fiscal watchdog found that the city’s Department of Homeless Services has too few employees to properly oversee nonprofit-run shelters that serve some 12,000 families, reports The New York Times.
NYU Spending $1.1 Million to Renovate President’s Residence
The penthouse makeover follows past controversies over lavish perks for top New York University adminstrators and nationwide contention over college presidents’ pay and benefits amid rising tuition and student debt, according to The New York Times.
Nonprofit Insurer Raises Rates Despite $9.9 Billion Surplus
The Houston Chronicle reports on the finances of Health Care Service Corp., the nation’s largest customer-owned insurer, which is raising premiums and eliminating some coverage plans while maintaining a reserve fund one health-policy expert called “unusually aggressive.”
Obama Foundation Shortlists Seven Firms for Library Design
Architects from New York, Chicago, and Europe were named as finalists for the sought-after commission of designing Barack Obama’s $500 million presidential library and museum, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Charity That Decorates Military Graves Relies on Founders’ Firm
Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit that each holiday season places millions of dollars’ worth of decorations at Arlington National Cemetery and other burial sites, relies exclusively for supplies on a company owned by its founders, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Nonprofits Battle Governors Over Resettling Syrians
The debate over relocating Syrian refugees in the United States is fueling a fight between charities that provide large-scale assistance for migrants and governors who want to stop such resettlement in their states, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Hedge-Fund Mogul Works to Make Companies More ‘Just’
The New York Times looks at finance billionaire Paul Tudor Jones’s nonprofit Just Capital, which aims to reduce income inequality and address other social problems by ranking big corporations on social responsibility.
Drug Executive’s Arrest Casts Shadow on Gift to School
Martin Shkreli’s arrest last week on securities-fraud charges rekindled debate at a prestigious Manhattan prep school over whether to keep a $1 million donation from the former pharmaceuticals executive, writes The New York Times.
N.J. Judge Orders ‘Gay Conversion’ Charity to Shut Down
Six months after being found liable for consumer fraud, a Jersey City nonprofit that provided therapy it said would eliminate same-sex attraction has been ordered to close, writes the Associated Press.
Court Finds Wash. Hospital Violated Charity Care Law
A Yakima County, Wash., judge ruled that a regional medical center breached state law by demanding payment from indigent patients before providing treatment, the Yakima Herald reports.
Opinion: Ford Foundation Head on a New ‘Gospel of Wealth’
Darren Walker writes in a New York Times column that the current age of economic disparity demands philanthropy that doesn’t just seek to ameliorate inequality but addresses its root causes.
Nonprofit Health System Kaiser to Open Calif. Medical School
Kaiser Permanente announced plans Thursday to launch its own medical school with a goal to spread its model of coordinated care and train a more diverse corps of doctors, the Los Angeles Times reports.