Nonprofits Score Victories in Budget Bill on Politicking Ban and Spending
The measure would boost funding for opioid treatment and a wide array of other health and education programs that finance nonprofits and the people they serve.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Spending Bill Preserves Ban on Nonprofit Politicking
It also adds money for job training, the opioid epidemic, and the arts. In other articles, fundraising experts consider the risks after the Facebook data breach; a Florida charity sued after a wealthy failed to pay for Trump portraits he won at a fundraising auction; the Teagle Foundation’s new president says private universities have public responsibilities; and other news about giving and more.
Daily News Roundup: Boy Scouts Accused of Discriminating Against Teenager With Down Syndrome
The parents of the 15-year-old, who has the cognitive abilities of a 4-year-old, have filed a lawsuit. In other articles, the founder of a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people start their own businesses has been accused of sexual misconduct; the billionaire philanthropist Peter Peterson has died; Denver’s effort to sell bonds to cut the cost of homelessness has had promising results so far; and more news about giving.
Independent Sector CEO on Plans to Advocate in Congress on Taxes and Nonprofit Politicking
Dan Cardinali says among the group’s priorities are to push for the universal deduction and keep the Johnson Amendment.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Melinda Gates Talks About Diversity in Tech
She also discusses problems money can’t fix and more. In other news, aid groups are scrambling to solve the problem of sexual misconduct after the Oxfam scandal; an opaque religious charity run by top U.S. housing officials raises questions; three employees of the disaster-aid charity Shelterbox have left after allegations of sexual misconduct by aid workers; and more articles about giving and about nonprofits and policy.
Daily News Roundup: James Levine Sues the Metropolitan Opera
The conductor filed a lawsuit for breach of contract and defamation three days after the company fired him. In other news, a donor is pulling a $14 million gift to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas; Puerto Rico makes a plea for help six months after a devastating hurricane; Stephen Hawking’s death has prompted a surge in donations to motor neuron disease; Chuck Feeney, who gave away billions, lives modestly in a rented apartment; and much more on giving and other news.
Daily News Update: Immigrant Advocates Claim ICE Is Targeting Them
They are accusing immigration authorities of trying to silence them through deportation. In other news, gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker is challenged on trusts he says were established for charitable giving; the Missouri attorney general will conduct an inquiry into Eric Greitens’s former charity. Plus, articles on politics and philanthropy and much more.
Foundations Fan Out on Capitol Hill to Press Their Case on Taxes and Other Worries
Grant makers are hoping Congress will consider ways to offset provisions of the new tax law that might curb giving, but experts say the chances for near-term relief are slim.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Donor Chops $75 Million From Big Calif. Medical Gift
Plus: Big names in tech are boosting Goldman Sachs’s fast-growing donor-advised fund, the maker of OxyContin wades controversially into anti-addiction giving; a Democratic House leader looks into the Trump Organization’s donation of profits to the Treasury; and news and views on Latino philanthropy, a growing advice club for the very rich, and the latest XPrize Foundation contest. (Hint: humanoids!)
Daily News Roundup: Metropolitan Opera Fires James Levine
An investigation found evidence of sexual abuse and harassment by the music director emeritus. In other articles, the vast majority of managers of foundations and endowments say they have no plans to invest in cryptocurrencies, but many are intrigued; Brown University has decided not to display a house linked to Rosa Parks after a dispute about whether she lived there; an African nonprofit has made strides in reducing childhood deaths; and much more about the new tax law and the arts and giving.
Daily News Roundup: Bono Says Charity He Co-Founded Failed to Protect Workers From Abuse
He says he is “furious” after accusations resurfaced about an atmosphere of bullying and abuse at the Johannesburg operation of ONE. In other news, a protest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes aim at donors connected to OxyContin; a California veterans program was struck by violence; nonprofit officials are accused of harassing union organizers; David Rockefeller’s estate sale may hit $1 billion; and other articles about the arts and Trump-inspired “rage philanthropy” and more.
Daily News Roundup: Save the Children Admits ‘Unsafe Behavior’ in Workplace
In other news, the fundraiser who led USC’s record capital campaign is retiring, maverick Silicon Valley donor Peter Thiel talks Trump and Facebook, and the U.S. Holocaust Museum revokes a human-rights award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Plus, Florida legislators terminate a troubled state-office charity campaign, how insurance giant Humana used a charitable donation to boost executive bonuses, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg and Chan Launch $30 Million Literacy Program
Other top stories from the nonprofit world include looks inside the philanthropy of Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, and Robert Smith, the wealthiest black American. Plus, Oprah Winfrey donates proceeds from a Weight Watchers stock sale; a veterans charity supports a state investigation of its founder, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens; Facebook’s affordable-housing fund gears up to start backing projects; a Virginia high school drops plans to raffle off an AR-15; and more.
Tax Law May Hit Human Services Especially Hard, Research Suggests
Research by an economist at University of Southern California found that a 1 percent change in tax rates resulted in a 4 percent loss in charitable gifts across all charities, and more for health and social-service groups.
Daily News Roundup: Child-Sex-Abuse Claims Reported to British Charity Watchdog
In other news, international nonprofits worry about proposals to tighten Washington lobbying rules for foreign entities, a U.K. charity draws fire for cooperating with immigration patrols to round up homeless migrants, Salesforce and the United Way team up in a bid to transform workplace giving, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Aid Charities Report Scores of Harm Cases to Regulator
In other news, congressional Republicans take another shot at undoing the Johnson Amendment, a donor family sues to claw back a $100 million gift to the University of Chicago, and a Harvard professor faces a new round of sexual-misconduct allegations. Plus, companies court lawmakers with charitable gifts, the Gates Foundation puts $170 million into gender equality, a crowdfunding campaign delivers for the families of Vegas shooting victims, a Georgia Girl Scout’s cookie sales go viral, and more.