Mich. Court Upholds State Limits on Charity Poker Games
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday in favor of state regulators seeking to impose new restrictions on charity gambling fundraising events known as “millionaires parties,” reports the Detroit Free Press.
Lacking Donor Support, Jewish Group Cuts Back on Advocacy
Two years after launching an effort to beef up its political advocacy and grass-roots work, aid charity the American Jewish World Service is scaling back such work, laying off 10 staff members dedicated to community organizing, The Forward writes.
Ex-Head of Maine Charity Pleads Guilty to $4.6 Million Theft
Prosecutors said Russell “Rusty” Brace diverted hundreds of donation checks to United Mid-Coast Charities to personal use in this 15 years leading the Camden, Me., charity, the Portland Press Herald reports.
Supermodel Charity’s Award for Clinton Came With $500,000 Gift
Bill Clinton agreed to accept an award at from celebrity model Petra Nemcova’s school-building charity, the Happy Hearts Fund, last year after the organization agreed to make the contribution to the Clinton Foundation, according to The New York Times.
Foundations Join Forces to Fight Inequality
Dozens of America’s biggest grant makers are attacking the problem on several fronts. But will they really make a difference?
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Forecast for Major Funds: Increased Giving in 2015
Assets at the nation’s largest 31 foundations topped $148.7 billion last year as grant makers steered more than $7.8 billion toward nonprofits, according to a new Chronicle survey.
By Alex Daniels and Lance Lambert
Feeling Flush, Hewlett Boosts Giving 80%
The foundation is channeling more money to nonprofits whose grants it had to trim during the financial crisis.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
‘Investment Club’ of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Per Scholas, a work-force training organization in the South Bronx, is among the beneficiaries of a unique arrangement in which participating grant makers play a more active role in program-related investment decisions.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Karen Brooks Hopkins Stages a Success Story
An arts leader reflects on helping to raise the Brooklyn Academy of Music from “scrappy start-up” to a red-hot cultural center through passionate fundraising.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
A Famed Business Accelerator Opens the Door to Nonprofit Start-Ups
Y Combinator applies its business principles to support people seeking to solve the world’s problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Nonprofit Scraps Top Executive Post in Favor of 4 Leaders
A California charity copes with turnover at the top by eliminating the executive role altogether.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Wall Street Holds Growing Sway on Charity Boards, Study Finds
The percentage of nonprofit board members who come from the finance industry has more than doubled in the past 25 years, changing not just the face but also the values of the charity world, CNBC reports, citing a new academic paper.
Longtime Clinton Friend Earned $10,000 a Month at Foundation
The Clinton Foundation paid Sidney Blumenthal for staff and consulting positions from 2009 until a few months ago, a tenure that included the period when he sent emails to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with purported intelligence on Libya, according to Politico.
Ford Trustees to Hold 1st Detroit Meeting in 67 Years
Underlining the Ford Foundation’s support for Detroit’s post-bankruptcy recovery efforts, the head of the country’s second-largest philanthropy said Thursday that its board will meet in the city for the first time since 1948, reports The Detroit News.
San Diego Attorney’s Nonprofit Network Under Scrutiny
A prominent San Diego environmental lawyer and his firm have filed suit on behalf of more than 30 nonprofits, almost all of them established and led by him, his relatives, or close associates, that appear to flout state and federal regulations on governance and reporting, according to investigative news site inewsource.
In the Drive to Prove Results, a Los Angeles Charity Gets Snagged in High-Profile Controversy
The Los Angeles LGBT Center became entangled in a national scandal caused by a researcher faking results about its work to promote same-sex marriage.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor