Daily News Roundup: Tight Ga. House Race Resurrects Komen-Planned Parenthood Flap
The Democratic candidate in the bellwether special election is highlighting his GOP rival’s role as a Susan G. Komen executive when the cancer charity briefly cut off grants to Planned Parenthood. Also, commentaries on the implications of megagiving and Jeff Bezos’s philanthropic plans.
Trump Policies Prod Democrats in Particular to Give More, Study Says
Millennials are most likely to ramp up donations this year, according to a report on political affiliation’s impact on philanthropy under the new administration.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Resist! How to Fight the Meanspiritedness in Political and Civil Life
Protest marches against recent racist, sexist, xenophobic, and anti-civil-rights activities are good, but nonprofits need a more strategic and disciplined way to strive for what’s right.
By Robert K. Ross
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Sandy Hook Charity Drops Megyn Kelly Over Alex Jones Interview
Also, plans to overhaul the health-care system could set the stage for faster growth of crowdfunding websites, and how better marketing could draw more donations to help Syrian refugees.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Art Sale Backs New Criminal-Justice Fund
Also, the Gates Foundation and Rotary International spearhead $1.2 billion in new fundraising for the push to eradicate polio, and Warren Buffett’s annual auction of a lunch date fetches $2.68 million for a San Francisco social-service charity.
6 Things Charities Should Know About America’s Rapid Demographic Shift
As of the 2010 census, the under-5-year-old population was already majority-minority, and other facts about the rapid changes taking place in the United States.
By cody.switzer
Contributor
The Chronicle interviewed black, Native, and Muslim women who participated in the nationwide listening tour put on by the grant maker headed by Jennifer and Peter Buffett.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: How Silicon Valley Donors Are Reshaping Education
Also, the Supreme Court rules that faith-affiliated hospitals need not abide by federal regulations on insuring employee pensions, and an art critic mounts a climate-based case for cultural institutions to reject Koch philanthropy.
Daily News Roundup: How a Conservative Charity Helped Build Trump’s White House
The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a self-styled “School for Political Welfare,” incubated hard-line positions on immigration and Islam adopted by the Trump administration. Also, the latest twist in the battle between billionaire philanthropists over Pier 55, a planned riverfront performance space in New York.
Foundations and Donors Vow to Step Up on Climate Change as U.S. Steps Back
Michael Bloomberg, who pledged another $15 million to the cause, was among those reacting swiftly and angrily to President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris accord.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Set to Exempt Faith Groups From Birth-Control Rule
A draft White House regulation would let religiously affiliated nonprofits opt out of the Obamacare mandate that workplace health plans include contraceptive care. Also, Illinois shuts down a controversial telemarketer, and Michael Bloomberg talks about the fight against noncommunicable diseases.
Conservative Foundations Aren’t Racing to Change Grants Strategy Because of Trump
Concerns about the president’s ideological allegiance and his troubled White House may be getting in the way of an aggressive approach by right-leaning grant makers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Ford Foundation to Return to Detroit With Satellite Office
The grant maker is re-establishing a physical presence in its native city 64 years after moving its headquarters to New York. Also, Google co-founder Sergey Brin is reportedly building the world’s largest aircraft with a charitable purpose in mind.
Ric Weiland was an early Microsoft employee and a “data-driven geek.” His carefully structured bequest brought the LGBT movement a decade of success — and a model for philanthropy that aims to fuel social change.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Texas Two-Step: Dallas United Way Shows Big Results by Upending Tradition
Fundraising is up sharply at the century-old charity under the innovative leadership of Jennifer Sampson, its first woman president.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Dallas Chef Creates a Stir With Program for Troubled Kids
When the local United Way started looking for promising new talent in nonprofits, acclaimed chef Chad Houser was its first find. Hundreds of kids from juvenile-detention centers have benefited from his innovative work program.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects