Indiana’s Lessons for Philanthropy: Timing and Agility Matter
Businesses and others moved quickly to gather opposition to a law that threatened basic rights of LGBT people. Foundations need to recognize such catalytic moments for change and seize them.
By ROBERT ROSS
Contributor
Michael Bloomberg’s ‘Letter on Philanthropy’ Outlines Giving Mission
The former New York mayor plans to focus on partnerships with governments that “embolden” public agencies to experiment and innovate in health, the environment, and other areas, Politico writes.
Eli Lilly’s Giving Shift Mixes Business and Social Goals
The pharmaceuticals firm is remaking its philanthropic strategy, embracing the notion of shared value by concentrating more of its giving in areas that can serve the company’s financial interests as well as meeting its mission of improving health, the Indianapolis Business Journal writes.
14 Ways to Improve Your Organization’s Online Security
Techbridge, which helps charities with security and other technology issues, explains the best use of firewalls, passwords, and more.
Tech Philanthropists Put Money and Ideas Into Research to Extend Human Life
Founders of some of the top technology companies are supporting science that uses big data and technology tools to study disease patterns, resilience, and ways to reprogram the human body, The Washington Post reports.
Conservative Nonprofit ALEC Mulls Suits Over Climate Claims
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a Republican-dominated association of state lawmakers, has sent letters threatening legal action against activist groups that accuse the council of climate-change denial, The Washington Post reports.
Lincoln Center Gift Is the Wrong Way to Do Philanthropy
Ethicist Peter Singer discusses his philanthropic philosophy and criticizes Hollywood mogul David Geffen’s recent $100 million gift to renovate Lincoln Center’s concert hall in a Wall Street Journal profile coinciding with the release of Mr. Singer’s new book, The Most Good You Can Do.
Don’t Let Passion Guide Giving, Peter Singer Says
Donors should use data and reason to steer their money to those most in need, and stop supporting elite causes, the Princeton philosopher says in a new book.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Effort to Identify Ind. Businesses That Serve Everyone Raises $25,000
A technology worker’s pop-up campaign rushes to respond to a state law criticized as anti-gay, and he says the proceeds will go to charity.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Steyer Nonprofit to End Climate Program and Build ‘Incubator’
Billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer’s environmental-policy organization is shutting down its climate and energy program, according to Politico, which says the move could signal plans by the former hedge-fund tycoon to shift more resources to direct political activity as the presidential election looms.
Charity Creates Guide to Help Nonprofits Get Produce Into ‘Food Deserts’
D.C. Central Kitchen sells small amounts of produce to neighborhood stores at discount prices and hopes to see the program replicated in other cities.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
National Review Magazine to Become Nonprofit
The venerable conservative magazine, operated as a business since its founding in 1955 but increasingly reliant on donations, will make the switch next month to become a nonprofit entity, Politico reports.
Dana-Farber Hospital Chief to Step Down Next Year
Edward J. Benz Jr., who has overseen a four-fold increasing in fundraising and revenue at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in his 15-year tenure as CEO, announced Tuesday that he will leave the job in June 2016, The Boston Globe writes.
Tech Millionaire Rolls Up Sleeves to Aid Iranian-Americans
The San Francisco Chronicle profiles Silicon Valley philanthropist Bita Daryabari, who has parlayed tech wealth into expanding social services and educational opportunities for women from the Middle East, particularly fellow immigrants from Iran.
N.Y. Tests Pay-for-Performance to Improve Health Care
New York State has embarked on a five-year experiment to change the way doctors are paid for treating people in economically depressed communities, hoping to transform a hodgepodge of services into a coordinated network of practitioners and leading to the creation an unusual nonprofit alliance among Hispanic and Asian doctors and a Jewish health system, The New York Times writes.
Court OKs Faith School’s Firing of Teachers Over Churchgoing
A California judge ruled last week that a Los Angeles-area religious school was within its rights to dismiss two teachers who refused to provide a reference from a pastor attesting to their church attendance and other faith matters, reports the Los Angeles Times.