One Hen and MidwayUSA Foundation Get New Executive Directors
Other nonprofits with notable personnel changes include Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Portland State U. Foundation.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
L.A. Art Museum’s Curator to Take Charge at Miami’s Perez Art Museum
The Miami institution named Franklin Sirmans, curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as its new director, the Miami Herald reports.
Facebook Teams With Charter Group on Free School Software
The Silicon Valley giant announced a partnership Thursday with a nonprofit charter-school network to build educational software that will be offered to public schools at no charge, USA Today and The New York Times write.
Tampa Homelessness Charity to Shut Down Following Raid
A nonprofit serving the homeless that is pursuing a legal challenge to the Florida city’s panhandling ban faces closure next week after a raid by police and code-enforcement officials, reports The Tampa Tribune.
Sale of $500-Million Taubman Art Trove to Boost Foundation
The A. Alfred Taubman Foundation will reap some of the proceeds from a Sotheby’s sale of the collection owned by the late shopping-mall magnate and philanthropist. The art collection could be among the most valuable ever brought to private auction, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press report.
Land-Mine Charity Whose Board Angelina Jolie Resigned From Faces British Inquiry
Britain’s charity regulator is evaluating a complaint about land-mine-clearance group the Halo Trust paying more than $180,000 to two board members for leading an internal review of its governance, The Guardian reports. The actress left the board last year, reportedly because she felt “uncomfortable” that the trustees were essentially paying themselves.
Heritage Foundation Donor Data Possibly Taken in Hack Attack
The conservative think tank was hit this week with a data breach that it said may have compromised donor information, Politico reports.
Sweet Briar Fundraisers Hit $12-Million Goal to Save College
The nonprofit charged with raising $12 million to keep Virginia’s embattled Sweet Briar College open has hit its target and made the final installment payment due to the college under a state-mediated agreement, reports the Associated Press.
Big Global Charities Hiring Their Own Fraud Investigators
Dogged by growing public mistrust and calls for greater transparency, nonprofits active in corruption-prone crisis zones are retaining their own criminal investigators to ferret out fraud, according to Reuters.
N.J. Church’s Former Accountant Admits to $4-Million Scam
A California certified public accountant faces more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to defrauding Agape Family Worship Center while managing the Rahway, N.J., megachurch’s books for nearly seven years, NJ Advance Media reports.
La. Delays Bid to End Planned Parenthood Funding
The state put off implementation of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s order to revoke Medicaid contracts for the women’s health group until September 15 during a hearing Wednesday in which a federal judge raised questions about the reasoning for the move, Bloomberg News writes.
Justice Dept. Backs Planned Parenthood in La. Funding Case
Stepping into a suit brought by Planned Parenthood, the agency told a federal judge that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s bid to cut off Medicaid funding to the women’s health nonprofit appears to violate federal law, the Associated Press reports.
Proposed Cooper Union Settlement Could Restore Free Tuition
An agreement crafted by New York State’s attorney general’s office would end litigation that has roiled New York City private college Cooper Union and could put the venerable institution on a path back to offering free tuition, writes The New York Times.
Ex-Jared Foundation Official to Plead Guilty to Sex Charges
The former executive director of disgraced ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s charity agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to charges of child sexual exploitation and distributing and receiving child pornography, Reuters reports.
Calif. Audit Finds $24-Million Jump in Blue Shield Exec Pay
Blue Shield of California raised executive compensation by 64 percent in 2012, the Los Angeles Times writes, citing a confidential audit by the state board that last year revoked the nonprofit health insurer’s tax exemption.
Settlement to Return $4.3 Million to New York Foundation
New York State officials have reached a settlement with former trustees of the Homeland Foundation that will return to the charity more than $4.3 million authorities say was improperly used, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.