Greek Charities Take Hit as Bank Controls Curb Giving
As children’s charities in Greece brace for a spike in demand for services amid a new round of austerity measures, they are seeing donations plunge due to strict government-imposed limits on bank withdrawals, Reuters reports.
Philanthropy Helps Moderate Islam Thrive in Pakistani Town
A remote town in mountainous northeastern Pakistan has withstood Islamist extremism, environmental degradation, and other ills with a large dose of support from the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the world’s largest charitable organizations, The Washington Post writes.
Second Video Adds Fuel to Planned Parenthood Firestorm
The anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress released another undercover video Tuesday showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing remuneration for providing tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research, The Washington Post reports.
Wilson Fund to Spend Down $1 Billion Windfall in 20 Years
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, which saw its assets spike from $4.8 million to $1.2 billion last year with the sale of its late founder’s NFL team, plans to fully exhaust its resources over the next two decades, according to The Buffalo News.
Internal Red Cross Reports Fault Oversight of Haiti Projects
Documents obtained by ProPublica and NPR raise questions about the American Red Cross’s accounting of its spending in post-earthquake Haiti, the news outlets report in the latest in a series of investigative articles about the charity’s disaster-relief operations.
Calif. Hospital Sues Estate Over Revoked $5-Million Pledge
Philanthropy experts said St. John’s Hospital Center’s foundation risks alienating other donors by suing the estate of hair-care mogul Paula Kent Meehan to obtain a bequest she withdrew before her death last year, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Most Boston Colleges Fall Short of City Funding Requests
Thirteen of 19 colleges and universities from which Boston sought voluntary payments in lieu of property taxes this year paid less than the city asked for, The Boston Globe writes.
Atlanta Symphony Back in Black After Deficits and Labor Fights
After years of persistent budget shortfalls that led to two bruising labor battles, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ended its truncated 2014-15 season with a surplus, reports The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
N.Y. Levels Fraud Allegations at Children’s Leukemia Charity
The state attorney general’s office filed court papers Monday seeking to shut down a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that authorities accuse of drawing millions of dollars from donors with exaggerated claims about serving young leukemia patients, reports The New York Times.
N.Y. Regents OK Gift-Driven Name Change for Upstate College
The board that oversees higher education in New York State voted Monday to approve a plan by Paul Smith’s College to add philanthropic patron Joan Weill to its name in honor of a $20-million donation, the Albany Times Union reports.
Opinion: Art Museums Succumbing to the Lure of Commerce
Citing a growing number of collaborations among museums, for-profit galleries, art dealers, and corporations, a Los Angeles Times art critic laments what he terms the “relentless” commercialization of nonprofit cultural institutions.
Strapped Calif. Hospital Chain Gets $250-Million Lifeline
A New York investment firm would take over management of California’s financially struggling Daughters of Charity Health System and get an option to buy the six-hospital network if state authorities approve the proffered cash infusion, the Los Angeles Times writes.
Big Clinton Foundation Donors Also ‘Bundling’ for Hillary
Twenty of Hillary Clinton’s “Hillblazers" — supporters who have pledged to raise $100,000 for her presidential campaign — have collectively given at least $54 million to her family’s charity, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Paul Newman’s Children Feuding With Head of Late Actor’s Charity
The late Hollywood icon’s children are at odds with a longtime friend of the actor’s who now heads the Newman’s Own food company and the foundation that gives away the firm’s proceeds, according to an article in the August issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
Opinion: Sunshine Laws Should Cover University Foundations
The Columbia Journalism Review examines press-freedom controversies involving public universities’ foundations, which often maintain that they are distinct nonprofit entities exempt from states’ open-records laws.
House GOP to Investigate Planned Parenthood on Fetal Tissue
Republican leaders announced plans Wednesday for a congressional inquiry into Planned Parenthood’s handling of tissue from aborted fetuses following an anti-abortion group’s release of a video in which an official with the women’s health group discusses providing fetal organs for medical research, reports The New York Times.