Opinion: Teach for America’s Biggest Problem Is Thin Skin
An alumnus-turned-critic of the teacher-training nonprofit takes it to task in a column in The Washington Post for what the writer says is a hyper-vigilant response to those who question its methods and results.
Singapore Clergyman Convicted in $36-Million Fund Diversion
Kong Hee, the founder and pastor of Singapore’s City Harvest Church, was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring with others to steer charity funds to support his wife’s career as a pop singer, Bloomberg Business writes.
Armed With Audience Data, Pa. Opera to Try ‘Binge’ Model
Opera Philadelphia’s plan to start its season with a 12-day opera festival beginning in 2017 reflects research the company said shows that “the binge-watching preference is not isolated to television,” reports The New York Times.
Indiegogo Launches Free Crowdfunding Site for Nonprofits
Generosity.com will serve as the home for both nonprofit and personal-cause fundraising campaigns.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Texas Moves to Strip Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
Citing secretly shot videos purporting to show that Planned Parenthood traffics in fetal organs, Texas officials moved Monday to cut off state-administered Medicaid funds to the women’s-health group, The Dallas Morning News and USA Today report.
Judge: La. Must Pay Planned Parenthood at Least 2 More Weeks
A federal judge in Baton Rouge ordered Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration to delay its planned cutoff of Medicaid money for the women’s-health group and cast doubt on state officials’ legal rationales for the move, reports Bloomberg Business.
In Oil States, Tumbling Crude Prices Hit College Giving
The oil bust that has seen crude prices fall by more than half since last year is putting a financial squeeze on universities in states such as Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Alaska where the energy sector is a major source of higher-education donations, reports the Associated Press.
$450,000 Payment Draws Complaint Against San Francisco Museum Leader
Citing unnamed “multiple sources,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the top fiscal official at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging financial misconduct by the organization’s board president, noted Bay Area philanthropist Diane B. “Dede” Wilsey.
Medical Charity’s Head Says Hospital Strike Was No Mistake
Christopher Stokes, the general director of Doctors Without Borders, tells the Associated Press he does not believe a U.S. warplane bombed the global medical charity’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by mistake on October 3, as the Pentagon asserts.
Opinion: Saudi Mogul’s ‘Philanthropy U.’ Off to a Fast Start
Columnist Paul Sullivan at The New York Times writes about the launch of Philanthropy University, a nonprofit initiative funded by Saudi businessman Amr Al-Dabbagh to offer education and training to nonprofit executives through “massive open online courses,” or MOOCs.
How PBS Stations Used Data Sharing to Set and Meet Fundraising Goals
Public broadcasting stations formed a group to collect, analyze, and share their fundraising data to help stations identify weaknesses, adopt effective practices, and raise more money.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
6 Steps to Start a Benchmarking Group
Public broadcasting stations formed a group to share fundraising data, identify areas for improvement, and then help each station raise more money. Here’s how to start a similar group.
U. of Wisconsin Nonprofit Awarded $234 Million in Apple Case
The damage award Friday followed a federal jury’s ruling that Apple infringed on a patent for computer-chip technology developed on the Madison campus and owned by a university-affiliated foundation, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Nonprofit Health-Insurance Co-ops in Colo. and Ore. to Fold
Two insurers established under an Affordable Care Act initiative are the latest among 23 insurance “co-ops” to close due to cash shortages, The Denver Post and The Oregonian report.
New Chief Executive for the Huntsman Foundations
Other personnel changes include new leaders at American Jewish World Service and Women in Need.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Jack Dorsey Pledges Fifth of Tech Firm Square to Charity
The tech mogul has launched a foundation to aid needy communities around the world and will give it a nearly one-fifth stake in his mobile-payments company Square, which filed for an initial public offering this week, Quartz and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.