Daily News Roundup: Crowdfunding Sites Nix Appeals for Charlottesville Suspect
Mainstream online-fundraising firms say hosting campaigns to raise legal-defense funds for James Fields would violate their policies on hate speech. Also, humanitarian groups suspend Mediterranean migrant-rescue missions, fearing clashes with Libya’s beefed-up Coast Guard.
$700 Million and Counting: How Foundations Have Responded to Trump
A Chronicle chart lists major commitments grant makers linked directly to administration policies or more generally to the shifting political environment.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
In Charlottesville’s Wake, Nonprofits Urge Trump to Fire Bannon
In the wake of the violence at a white-supremacist rally in Virginia, the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center said the president’s chief strategist and other White House figures they link to white nationalism must go.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: ACLU Draws Flak From Progressives for Charlottesville Stance
Activists normally allied with the civil-liberties group blasted its legal defense of the free-speech rights of white supremacists who rallied in the Virginia city. Also, Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer establishes a philanthropic beachhead in his native Detroit.
Daily News Roundup: Groups Fighting Teen Pregnancy Set to Lose Millions
President Trump’s budget plan would eliminate an Obama-era program that grants $89 million to dozens of organizations for efforts to influence teenage sexual behavior. Also, a San Francisco disability charity forces out its socialite director, and strange bedfellows fight the D.C. Metro’s restrictions on advocacy ads.
Daily News Roundup: Death of Volunteers Prompts Suit Against Nonprofit
The parents of two British women who drowned while volunteering in South Africa say the charity that organized the trip bears responsibility. Also, cities are repealing restrictions on panhandling in the face of court defeats, and the ACLU jumps into a coal company’s lawsuit against John Oliver.
A Tool to Help Nonprofits Assess Volunteer-Run Fundraising Campaigns
A water charity developed a “decision matrix” that lays out in columns and rows the kind of backing the organization will provide for its supporters’ DIY events.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: How Cash Aid Is Working in a Kenyan Village
Also, a Southern California orchestra courts controversy by inviting a prominent conservative talk-show host to be guest conductor at a benefit concert.
Daily News Roundup: Charities Mount Capitol Case for Universal Deduction
The push to open the write-off for donating to all taxpayers aims to counter a proposal to double the standard deduction, which nonprofit leaders say would cut into giving. Also, New York’s booming real-estate market has financially struggling congregations looking to sell historic houses of worship.
Daily News Roundup: Ala. Senate Hopeful Hit Over Pay as Nonprofit Head
An attack ad cites $1 million in compensation Republican candidate Roy Moore and his wife received as leaders of a Christian legal-aid group. Also, the head of GM’s philanthropy unit resigns, and the National institutes of Health leaves millions on the table in ending a brain-research partnership with the NFL.
How to Plan a Financial-Wellness Day for Your Staff
Help your employees spend time during a designated workday to create a household budget, negotiate lower bills, plan for retirement, and more.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg-Chan Initiative Adds Another Adviser
Joel Benenson, a former Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pollster, also works for the American Civil Liberties Union. Also, pension and endowment values at the University of California grew 14 percent thanks to lower money-management fees.
Fun With Books: Helping Parents Read to Their Kids
Literacy Partners helps parents improve their English-language reading skills along with their children’s, but the nonprofit’s leaders say the political climate for immigrants is muting its impact.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part I
The 92nd Street Y excites donors with cool technology, a ballet steals an airline tactic, and more.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part II
Inside a “textathon,” the ultimate day planner for gift officers, and benefit parties where food steals the show.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part III
An advocacy group’s members generate social-media content, and a small charity trades events for experiments.