Facebook Bans Blindness Charity’s Ad as Too Negative
Facebook rejected the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s advertisement calling for sight-loss advisers in British hospitals, saying the clip transgresses the social network’s policy of displaying only “neutral or positive” ads, according to The Guardian.
Science Donor Gives to Learn ‘What Makes Humans Different’
Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen talks to The Washington Post about the causes and processes that guide his science-related giving, particularly his funding of research into brain function and artificial intelligence.
Coke Cuts Financial Ties With Dietetics Organization
Coca-Cola, which has come under fire for financing research that critics contend aims to downplay the role of sugary drinks in fostering obesity, is ending its sponsorship of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Wall Street Journal reports.
5 Steps to Take When Your Grant Proposal Fails
A program officer gives advice on what to do when a grant maker declines your proposal.
By Tobi Printz Platnick
Contributor
Designer and Immigrant Activist Are Among MacArthur ‘Genius’ Winners
One winner of the $625,000 stipend, Alex Truesdell, makes special tools and furniture for children with disabilities. Another founded a university in Ghana.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$3-Trillion U.N. Development Plan Sets Ambitious Agenda for Nonprofits
Charities and foundations are expected to do much of the work to fight poverty and curb climate change around the globe.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Planned Parenthood Fights Funding Threats With Nationwide Events
The embattled women’s health nonprofit will hold scores of rallies across the country Tuesday as part of its effort to demonstrate support and regain the political initiative amid a partisan controversy over its provision of fetal tissue for medical research, The New York Times writes.
Gates Foundation Backs Program to Strengthen Primary Care
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming with the World Health Organization and the World Bank on an effort to close data gaps that weaken the provision of primary health care in poor and middle-income countries, The New York Times reports.
Many Big-Name Invitees Skipped Clinton Global Initiative Event
Pope Francis, Elton John, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen were among dozens of leaders, celebrities, and donors who said no to invitations to participate in this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, Politico writes, citing sources familiar with the planning of the Clinton Foundation’s annual marquee event.
Tourist Interaction With Local Communities Spurs Giving, Survey Finds
More than half of American travelers said they did volunteer work or donated to a cause at a destination they visited within the last two years, according to a pro-tourism group.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Fiorina-Advised Nonprofit Touted Obamacare Enrollment
Carly Fiorina, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, serves on the advisory board of a California nonprofit that promoted enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges, The Huffington Post reports, and she chairs a charity that facilitated goods donations to an abortion-rights organization, according to BuzzFeed.
Senate Turns Back Bill to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
With eight Republican senators joining almost all of their Democratic peers, the Senate voted 52-47 Thursday against a bill to impose a one-year moratorium on federal money for Planned Parenthood, USA Today and Bloomberg report.
Clinton Foundation Kicks Off Marquee Conference With Shalala at the Helm
Speakers at this year’s event in New York include Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank; Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft; and Ursula Burns, chief executive of Xerox Corporation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Foundation and Preservationists Feud Over Doris Duke Home
The nonprofit that manages the late heiress and philanthropist’s central New Jersey estate plans to raze her mansion on the site, saying it has fallen into disrepair and become a “white elephant,” reports the Associated Press.
N.Y. Archdiocese and City Hall Team to Add Shelter Beds
A day ahead of Pope Francis’s arrival in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced a partnership Wednesday that will see the Archdiocese of New York provide 150 beds this winter for people who have been living on the street, The New York Times reports.
Opinion: History Raises Red Flags for Broad’s L.A. School Plans
The American Prospect looks at a plan reportedly championed by billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad to significantly ramp up charter schooling in Los Angeles in the context of other recent, donor-driven attempts to radically reform urban school systems.