Montana Regent Questions Naming Law School for Big Donor
A member of the Montana’s higher-education governing board is protesting plans to rename the University of Montana School of Law after a $10 million donor, saying the public has not been given sufficient input on the plan, the Missoulian and the Associated Press report.
Va. Groups Nix Hospital Plan Despite $150 Million Pledge
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and Bon Secours Richmond Health System unexpectedly pulled out of efforts to develop a new regional children’s hospital Thursday, leaving a prominent local businessman’s promised gift for the project on the table, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
People in Philanthropy: Sierra Club Picks 1st Black Board President
New leaders at the Hilton Foundation and Brooklyn Museum, plus more news about nonprofit executives in our weekly roundup.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Boy Scouts President Calls for End of Policy Banning Gay Leaders
At an annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates said, “We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be," The New York Times reports.
New Google Fellowship Pays for Nonprofits to Build Digital Literacy
The Nonprofit Technology Network will handle recruiting and placing experts into yearlong roles at organizations in eight cities.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Court Says Group’s Use of NAACP Doesn’t Violate Trademark
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Virginia anti-abortion organization did not infringe on the NAACP’s trademark by using an altered version of the venerable civil-rights group’s name in online posts criticizing it, reports The Washington Post.
S.C. City Weighs Business-License Fee for Some Nonprofits
A Columbia, S.C., councilman wants the capital city to levy business-license taxes on nonprofits that compete with similar for-profit firms, Columbia newspaper The State reports.
Contest Aims to Harness Digital Sensing to Aid Poor
Unicef and ARM, a British firm that makes widely used microprocessors for smartphones and tablets, are leading a new effort to develop high-tech personal devices that could improve health and education for poor people around the world, The New York Times writes.
Peter Laugharn Named Chief Executive of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
The grant maker’s new leader was previously head of the Firelight Foundation, a Hilton grantee that provides health, education, and resilience training to needy people in Africa.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
City Year CEO Michael Brown Wins Leadership Honor
Independent Sector gives one of its former board members the John W. Gardner Leadership Award for creating a program that provides tutors in low-income neighborhoods.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Obituary: John Templeton Jr. Led $3 Billion Foundation
The physician and philanthropist, whose family foundation supports work that explores connections between science and religion and awards one of the world’s largest monetary prizes for individuals, died Saturday of cancer at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Washington Post report.
L.A. Adopts $15 Minimum Wage but OKs Delay for Some Nonprofits
The City Council approved a plan Tuesday to raise Los Angeles’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, giving labor activists their biggest victory to date in a nationwide campaign to boost stagnating pay at the lower rungs of the economic ladder, the Los Angeles Times writes.
GOP Call Grows for IRS Investigation of Clinton Foundation
Fifty-two House Republicans signed a letter asking the Internal Revenue Service to initiate a review of the Clinton Foundation’s tax-exempt status, Reuters reports.
Study: Less Than Half of Foundations Use Impact Investing
About 85 percent of the CEOs surveyed said financial returns were the most important consideration.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Brooklyn Museum Finds New Head in World of Alternative Arts
Looking outside the museum world for new leadership, the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday named Anne Pasternak, president of New York arts group Creative Time, as its next director, writes The New York Times.
Back From Cuba, Minnesota Orchestra Reaches New Labor Deal
Fresh off a historic tour of the Caribbean country, the organization announced new deals with its musicians and conductor that continue its rebound from a bitter labor standoff that silenced the orchestra for 16 months, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.