Daily News Roundup: NYC Plans Big Increase in Homeless Shelters
Also, Jewish nonprofits are hit by another wave of bomb threats, and Harvard’s investment chief shakes up management of the world’s wealthiest endowment.
Daily News Roundup: Major AIDS Charity Draws Fire for Political Spending
Critics say the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is straying from its mission by using its resources on a campaign to limit property development in Los Angeles. Also, Israel denies a work visa for a human-rights nonprofit’s researcher.
Deep Well of Angst Over Trump Policies Rouses Volunteers to Aid Nonprofit
How one immigrant-rights group is building a volunteer team to tap into anger over the president’s policies.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jill Biden Joins Save the Children as Board Chair
Also, a Maine grant maker will contribute millions to reducing college debts for graduates who commit to working in the state, and the Supreme Court says a Tea Party group can’t sue individual IRS officials over scrutiny of its bid for tax-exempt status.
Daily News Roundup: Jewish Nonprofits Hit by New Round of Bomb Threats
Also, Florida’s governor targets nonprofit hospitals in a push to cut state health-care spending, and philanthropic heavy hitters in New York enter the immigration fray.
NEA and AmeriCorps Among Programs on White House Budget Hit List
Several federal programs with significant nonprofit constituencies are among nine targeted for elimination by President Trump’s budget office, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times.
Daily News Roundup: Bob Jones University Regains Charity Status
The Christian college’s tax exemption was reinstated 17 years after it revoked a ban on interracial dating that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision. Also, a British building magnate donates a nearly $260 million business stake to his foundation.
Daily News Roundup: USC Boosts Campaign Goal to $9 Billion
Also, a leading resettlement charity cuts jobs and closes offices as the Trump administration moves to curb refugee admissions, and a snack-bar mogul pledges $25 million to monitor food-industry industry influence on health policy.
Daily News Roundup: What Makes a Charity Campaign Go Viral?
A University of Cambridge study examines key characteristics of breakout fundraising and awareness efforts like the ice-bucket challenge. Also, a major science publisher reaches an agreement with the Gates Foundation on “open access” research.
Daily News Roundup: Bill and Melinda Gates Urge U.S. Commitment to Foreign Aid
The couple’s annual letter, styled this year as a report to Warren Buffett, touts gains that aid funding has achieved in combating poverty and disease. Also, the Rockefeller Foundation brings its focus on building communities’ resilience to a digital news site.
Daily News Roundup: Dana-Farber to Eschew ‘Controversial’ Fundraising Venues
Also, the NRA’s leader gets a $3.7 million compensation bump, and a tiny New York State college schools the Ivy League on endowment investing.
Daily News Roundup: Salvation Army to Pay Millions in Pa. Thrift-Store Collapse
Also, the Red Cross suspends aid work in Afghanistan after six employees are killed in an ambush by suspected militants, and a fight over the use of Audrey Hepburn’s image and effects for charity lands in court.
Daily News Roundup: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Issues First Grants
The organization overseeing Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s $3 billion effort to tackle all disease earmarks $50 million to dozens of biomedical researchers. Also, India cuts financial ties with the Gates Foundation on a massive vaccine program.
Decline in Giving by Individuals Last Year Kept College Fundraising Flat
U.S. universities raised $41 billion, barely more than the previous year. Harvard led the way, taking in nearly $1.2 billion.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investments
The New York family philanthropy also issued a report aimed at helping other foundations that want their portfolios to mesh with their missions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: ACLU Rallies Left With Front-Line Fight on Trump Actions
Also, a refugee-resettlement charity faces an uncertain future in the wake of President Trump’s bid to restrict immigration, and Republican members of Congress call for amending the Johnson Amendment.