Nonprofit Collaboration: Toward a More Perfect Union
Donors need to offer more flexible types of support and let nonprofits lead the way if they expect more groups to merge.
By ALISON POWELL and Susan Wolf Ditkoff
Goodwill in Your Lobby? Giving Made Easy for City Dwellers
The Bay Area charity has rolled out its first fleet of sensor-equipped receptacles to make drop-off and pickup more efficient.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How to Rally Gen Z to Your Cause
Ditch gender stereotypes and communicate in “microbursts,” experts say.
In the competition for federal grants, Los Angeles nonprofits are getting a leg up from a new ally — the Annenberg Foundation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
CFOs and Top Fundraisers: Keys to Building a Team
Chief financial and chief development officers often clash. A pair of UCLA officials now working on a historic capital drive offer tips for building a better relationship.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
After Steve Jobs, Apple Steps Up Giving
Under Tim Cook, America’s most profitable company has put philanthropy on its agenda.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Ousted Chancellor Popular With Donors Might Stay at Ole Miss
A week after voting not to renew University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones’s contract, the state’s College Board is prepared to reverse course and retain the popular campus leader, whose departure threatened to cost the school millions of dollars in donations, according to the Associated Press.
Clash at Koret Foundation Shows Perils of Cloudy Succession Plans
As baby boomers die and younger relatives are installed on family-foundation boards, legal squabbles may be increasingly common.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Harvard Fossil-Fuel Divestment
A Massachusetts judge ruled that a group of Harvard students did not have legal standing to force the university to end its investment of endowment funds in fossil-fuel companies, student newspaper The Harvard Crimson reports.
Financial Firm Rolls Out Packet of Cause-Related Stock Funds
Putting a charitable twist on the “robo-investing” trend, a California insurance and financial-services firm is offering a new batch of stock portfolios for online trading that are tied to particular social causes, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Corporate Voluntarism Not Always a Boon for Nonprofits
Large-scale corporate service projects can be more of a burden than a blessing for recipient charities, The Boston Globe writes in an article detailing the pitfalls for nonprofits attempting to accommodate well-meaning businesses and hordes of volunteers.
Nonprofit Tax-Exemption Approvals Double, Thanks to Simplified Form
The new 1023-EZ made it possible for the Internal Revenue Service to approve nearly 95,000 applications from organizations seeking 501(c)(3) designations last year.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Cooper Union Faces N.Y. Inquiry After Introducing Tuition
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is looking into how the venerable Manhattan private college Cooper Union ran into the financial trouble that led it to begin charging undergraduate tuition for the first time in its 150-year history, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Obituary: Eva Burrows, Influential Leader of Salvation Army
General Burrows, a former Salvation Army commander who revamped the global Christian charity’s management and finances and oversaw its return to the former Communist bloc, died at age 85 Friday at her home in Melbourne, Australia, reports The New York Times.
N.Y. Dance Troupe Launched by Walmart Heiress to Close
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, an avant-garde dance group founded and shepherded by a niece of Walmart founder Sam Walton, announced plans last week to shut down, the New York Observer and The New York Times report.