John Grisham Teams With Medical Nonprofit on Giveaway Book
The novelist is giving away his latest book, a slim volume that aims to raise awareness of a new cancer treatment, on behalf of a charity that advocates wider use of the procedure, The Washington Post writes.
Gateses Make Media Rounds to Promote Latest Causes
In connection with the release of their latest annual letter on philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates talked up their top priorities for 2016 in interviews with Wired, The New York Times, and other outlets.
N.Y. Watchdog Seeks Review of de Blasio Ties to Nonprofits
A government watchdog group has filed a complaint with New York City elections officials requesting an inquiry into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s relationship with nonprofits backing his administration’s agenda, The New York Times reports.
Overcoming the Power Dynamic Between Grant Maker and Grantee
An association of small foundations shares grant makers’ views on how to build authentic relationships with grantees despite the imbalance of power that exists between those who give away money and those who rely on philanthropic gifts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Influential Archbishop Denounces Girl Scouts
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson called for parishes to consider cutting ties with the Girl Scouts because the nonprofit’s values are “incompatible” with Catholicism, reports the Associated Press.
Harvard Law Donor Redirects Gift After Campus Palestine Talk
New York-based law firm Milbank, which pledged $1 million in 2012 to sponsor student events, has asked the law school to shift the money to other purposes after it was used to support a discussion hosted by a group that favors an independent Palestine, the Associated Press writes.
Chicago Catholic Charities Seeks Budget Push From Pews
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is calling on priests and congregants to press Illinois legislators to resolve a monthslong budget impasse that has left the state owing more than $25 million to the nonprofit, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Charity Wants Independent Inquiry on Syria Hospital Strike
Doctors Without Borders called Thursday for an independent investigation into the missile attack earlier this week that killed 25 people at a hospital the global aid group supported in northern Syria, Reuters writes.
Chicago Says Museum Battle Has Lucas Eyeing Other Cities
A lawyer for the City of Chicago raised alarms in federal court Wednesday that the city could lose movie mogul George Lucas’s planned $300 million museum as a legal fight over the project stretches on, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times report.
Black Lives Matter Wins ‘Fast Company’ Kudos for Innovation
The online protest movement that coalesced into a national set of organizations fighting for racial justice was named the most innovative nonprofit of 2015 by Fast Company.
Podcast: Mending a Rocky Relationship With a Major Donor
Two experts discuss how to work through disagreements and deliver bad news in this episode of Fundraising Fundamentals.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Mass. Nonprofits Add Services as Opioid Crisis Grips State
Youth, family-services, health-care, and other organizations in Central Massachusetts are expanding or adding substance-abuse programs amid an explosion in abuse of heroin and prescription pain medications, Worcester Business Journal writes.
Arnold Foundation Gives $7 Million More to Drug-Price Fight
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is giving $7.2 million to four groups for research and pilot projects aimed at reining in prescription-drug prices, their second significant contribution to that cause in seven months, reports The Wall Street Journal.
PETA Reaps Fundraising Gains as It Fights SeaWorld
Buoyed by greater public attention to one of its signature issues, SeaWorld’s treatment of performing orcas, the animal-welfare group reported donations of $43.5 million for the year that ended July 31, up by 30 percent from the same period two years earlier, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Nonprofit-Run ‘Pop-Up’ Clinics Buttress Health Safety Net
Large-scale, short-term, volunteer-staffed free clinics are increasingly filling a void in medical care for uninsured Americans in cities and low-income rural regions, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Rights Group Pins Syria Charity-Hospital Bombing on Russia
Medical centers supported by international aid agencies in battleground areas of northern Syria were hit by missiles Monday in attacks the United Nations said killed at least 50 people, Reuters and The New York Times report.