Daily News Roundup: Mo. Governor Used Charity Email for Political Messages
In other news, a New Hampshire university dedicates $20 million to scholarships for Dreamers; Bryn Mawr gets a $25 million gift; and thousands of nonprofits could lose Google Ad grants. Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces mandatory admission, big foundations fight Trump cuts for the arts, charity-fundraising site CrowdRise rises again, a nonprofit leader proposes a Star Trek-inspired management model, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Paul Allen $125 Million Gift to Teach Machines Common Sense
In other news, Jewish women fundraisers say sexual harassment is common; the U.S. Olympic Committee CEO is stepping down; and articles delve into how a misleading statistic about sexual harassment ended up in the news and how Goodwill spends $5.7 billion in revenue. Plus, other news about elite colleges attracting low-income students, the philanthropy of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant and Dolly Parton, and more.
Daily News Roundup: State Audit Faults University Foundations
In other news, former President Obama makes another pitch for his presidential center; donors have given $775,000 so kids can see Black Panther; disgraced actor Kevin Spacey’s British foundation is closing its doors; a youth softball program in Oregon is raffling an AR-15 gun; and more.
Donor-Advised-Fund Giving Favors Education but Not Religion, Study Shows
The study by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy may be another ominous sign in a pattern of shrinking giving to faith groups.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Family-Planning Program Favors Clinics That Push Abstinence
In other news, International Committee of the Red Cross says 21 people have resigned or been fired since 2015 over sexual misconduct; 50 years after a landmark report, barriers to equality remain; the Moody Foundation is stepping up grants to small arts groups in Dallas; Disney gives $1 million from Black Panther to Boys & Girls Clubs; gifts from the Koch Foundation stir debate at the Harvard Kennedy School; and more news and opinion.
Nonprofits Dragged Into Russian Efforts to Peddle Falsehoods on Twitter, Salvaged Data Shows
The Clinton Foundation appeared to be the most popular nonprofit topic for tweeting and retweeting by accounts tied to a disinformation campaign, appearing 622 times.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Conservative Donors Are Behind an Anti-Union Case
The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could let workers avoid paying fees. In other news, public radio stations are relaunching three local-news sites that had abruptly shut down; Silicon Valley Community Foundation isn’t saying why it assets grew by 65 percent last year; and more about community foundations and sexual misconduct and other news.
Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift Will Fuel Museum Expansion
In other news, college endowments are sticking with costly alternative investments, despite more lucrative options; another donor is withdrawing a multimillion-dollar pledge from the University of Louisville; Parkland High School students have raised $3.7 million for their anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives; Haiti has suspended Oxfam Britain over the sex scandal; a KIPP co-founder has been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct; and much more.
Podcast: Former Obama Official Discusses How to Create a Culture of Innovation
Sonal Shah, former President Obama’s director of social innovation and civic participation, now leads a center at Georgetown University that teaches methods of social change, with a heavy emphasis on data and technology.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Worth of Art Goes to Colby College
In other news, $50 million goes for a new heart institute, and another $50 million to a nonprofit encrypted messaging app; student gun-safety advocates get help from existing groups; how teens are trying to start an anti-gun-violence movement from their living rooms; hate groups remain on the rise; and much more.
This Grant Maker Pledged $17.5 Million to Address Diversity and Inclusion in Its Own Ranks
A disclosure about its staff diversity — required in Britain — made for some “uncomfortable reading,” according to the group’s director.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: High-School Shooting Survivors Receive Millions in Donations
Also, George Clooney, Oprah, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg have given to the student survivors’ March for Our Lives cause. In other news, a lesbian couple prohibited by charity from being foster parents have sued; Ford Foundation and Color of Change lead a list of most innovative nonprofits; for colleges, it’s now survival of the fittest; the #MeToo movement has shattered illusions about the nonprofit world; and much more about harassment and giving and other news.
Daily News Roundup: Oxfam Scandal and Nonprofit Oversight
Why aren’t nonprofit overseen like for-profits are? In other Oxfam articles, the charity released a report saying some suspects “physically threatened” witnesses; and the CEO is fighting to salvage the group’s reputation. In other articles, a famous Hawaiian school has paid $80 million after “decades of monstrous sexual abuse” by a psychiatrist; with a push from foundations, gifts to nonprofit news sites are soaring; and much more about giving and other news.
$10 Million From 9 Foundations Will Call Attention the Lack of Low-Cost Housing
Grant makers say it’s no longer enough to provide money to build homes, but they need instead to rally Americans behind ambitious new policies.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. State Charites Required to Disclose Big Charitable Donors, Court Rules
In other news, President Trump’s inaugural committee paid $26 million to Melania Trump’s adviser, leaving only $5 million for charity; 20 refugee resettlement offices are set to close and 40 others will cut back operations after the State Department ordered them to downsize; companies and nonprofits can post messages on Facebook’s ‘Community Help’ tool during a disaster; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Spending of ‘Ice-Bucket Challenge’ Money Criticized
A group of patients says the money should be spent with more urgency. In other news, Stephen Schwarzman is giving $25 million to his public high school; Betsy DeVos is donating her $200,000 salary to education and special-needs charities; disgraced Oxfam official left an earlier job over sex-worker allegations; ‘On Point’ radio host Tom Ashbrook has been fired; and much more.