UConn Foundation to Tap Students’ Parents, Hospital Patients
Aiming to build the University of Connecticut’s endowment to $1 billion, the institution’s nonprofit fundraising affiliate will pursue greater giving from current students’ families and UConn Health Center patients, the Associated Press reports.
N.Y. Enforcer Gets Tough on Charities and Fraud
James Sheehan, in the state attorney general’s office, examines the web of lawyers, accountants, and others who assist shady nonprofits as he casts a wide net to find wrongdoing.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
If elected president, Jeb Bush would promote a tax plan that maintains deductions for charitable giving and provides other tax breaks for wealthy donors, the Republican candidate writes in a Wall Street Journal column.
Photo of Drowned Syrian Child Spurs Spike in Donations
Intense media coverage of refugees crossing the Mediterranean prompted people to open their wallets, but there are already signs that the impact may be short-lived.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
National Geographic Magazine to Become a For-Profit Publication
The change will take place later this year when a $725-million deal closes that will expand 21st Century Fox’s ownership of the magazine, The Huffington Post reports. The National Geographic Society will remain a nonprofit and will still have a stake in the publication.
Newark Debate Goes On as Schools Spend Down Zuckerberg Gift
The Wall Street Journal looks at continuing controversies in Newark, N.J., over how the city and its public-school system have used a ballyhooed $100-million donation from Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, which the newspaper says reflect the larger national debate over school choice, performance pay for teachers, and the influence of philanthropic money in education overhaul.
Pay Hikes at Big Endowments Often Outstrip Returns, Survey Finds
Compensation for managers at the biggest college and university endowments frequently doesn’t square with the performance of their funds, according to a Bloomberg survey of wages and raises for top endowment executives.
Feed the Children Fights Texan’s Takeover Attempt
A former lawyer from Dallas is mounting an attempt to wrest control of Feed the Children, claiming the anti-hunger nonprofit is mismanaged and needs “a major housecleaning,” The Oklahoman writes.
Intel Drops $6 Million Sponsorship of Youth Science Contest
After 17 years funding the Science Talent Search, a prestigious math and science competition for U.S. high-school students, the computer-chip giant Intel is ending its support of the contest, The New York Times reports.
Learning From Zuckerberg’s ‘Naïve’ $100-Million Mistake
Veteran journalist Dale Russakoff discusses what philanthropists should know about the billionaire Facebook founder’s well-intentioned push to transform the Newark, N.J.'s troubled school system.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Taubman Art Sale Means No Bequest for Detroit Museum
The Detroit Institute of Arts, which has long enjoyed support from the late billionaire philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, will not receive a direct gift from the shopping-mall magnate’s estate but will remain a beneficiary of his foundation, the Detroit Free Press and The New York Times write.
India Orders End to Foreign Funding for Greenpeace
Four months after suspending Greenpeace India’s license to collect donations from abroad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked it outright, claiming the environmental activist group’s actions have undermined national interests, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report.
Wash. Supreme Court Strikes Down Charter-School Effort
In a surprise ruling delivered late Friday afternoon, Washington State’s Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law authorizing government funding of charter schools that was backed by some of the country’s biggest education donors, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Top British Charities Back New Rules on Aggressive Fundraising
As Britain weighs new restrictions on high-pressure fundraising tactics, 17 of the country’s biggest nonprofits have pledged support for regulations aimed at curbing serial phone and mail solicitation of vulnerable and elderly donors, The Guardian writes.
Athletes and Stars Back Push for U.N. Development Goals
Supporters of the United Nations’ proposed Sustainable Development Goals have launched a celebrity-studded publicity blitz aimed at winning world leaders’ backing for the anti-poverty and human-rights agenda, Thomson Reuters Foundation writes.
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