Fraud Alert: Criminals Test Stolen Credit-Card Numbers on Charity Websites
Poorly protected donation pages are a favorite testing ground for cyber thieves, experts say. Credit-card companies put the burden on nonprofits to recoup the costs.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Clash Flares at Carnegie Hall Under New Chairman Perelman
Seven months into his tenure as chairman of Carnegie Hall’s board of trustees, the billionaire financier and philanthropist Ronald O. Perelman is raising claims of impropriety by the storied music venue’s executive director, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Detroit Museum Promotes From Within to Replace Longtime Head
The Detroit Institute of Arts announced the appointment Wednesday of Salvador Salort-Pons, the museum’s executive director of collection strategies and information, as its new director, president, and CEO, the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News report.
With Focus on Fundraising, Met Opera Considers Naming Rights
As the Metropolitan Opera edges back into the black, General Manager Peter Gelb tells The New York Times that naming rights for the company’s internationally known opera house could be on the table as it seeks to boost fundraising.
Obituary: Lawrence S. Phillips, Led Pioneering Jewish Aid Group
Mr. Phillips, who co-founded global relief charity the American Jewish World Service and was its first chairman, died Friday at age 88 at his home in Florida, reports The New York Times.
10 Tips for a Better Crisis Communications Strategy
Nonprofit and crisis experts offer guidance on how to communicate effectively during a crisis.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Federal Inquiry Faults Red Cross Oversight, Calls for Audits
A report to be released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office calls for “regular, external, independent” evaluations of the American Red Cross’s disaster-relief operations and spending, recommendations echoed in a new House bill, NPR reports.
House Panel Chair Subpoenas Uncut Planned Parenthood Videos
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz said a federal judge’s order blocking the release of some of the footage secretly filmed by anti-abortion group the Center for Medical Progress would not impede his Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of Planned Parenthood, the Associated Press reports.
Charity Leaders Call on Obama to Take in Many More Syrians
Major aid groups such as Save the Children, CARE USA, Mercy Corps, and Oxfam America are calling on the administration to multiply by several times its pledge to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year, The New York Times writes.
On Colbert Show, Tim Cook Explains Apple’s Shift on Giving
Appearing on the CBS late-night talk show, the Apple CEO linked the firm’s rising philanthropic profile with his coming out as gay last year, CNN Money writes.
L.A. County Rejects Nonprofit Exemption to Minimum-Wage Hike
County supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the final language of legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 after turning down proposals to exempt small nonprofits and those that run job-training programs, reports the Los Angeles Times.
A Measurement Tool to Track Fundraising Costs and Returns
How to track your organization’s fundraising costs and returns and compare your performance to other organizations.
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall
Women Nonprofit Leaders Still Make Less Than Men, Survey Finds
But pay increases for female top executives have slightly outpaced those for men, says a GuideStar report, which includes data for charity leaders and development directors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
La. Tries New Tack in Bid to Block Planned Parenthood Funds
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is now citing a 2013 Planned Parenthood settlement with neighboring Texas as a reason to end Medicaid payments to the organization’s two Louisiana clinics, the Associated Press reports.
Fla. Private Eye Charged With Cyberattack on Global Charity
Prosecutors said a private investigator who allegedly tried to infiltrate a New York-based international charity’s computer network said he was doing research to determine if nonprofits were unknowingly funding Middle Eastern charities taken over by jihadist groups, Reuters reports.
City Hall Clash Holds Up Payments to N.Y. Homeless Shelters
Tens of millions of dollars in payments to nonprofits that operate shelters are in limbo amid a dispute between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer, who contends the city is placing homeless people in unsafe conditions, reports The New York Times.