Hundreds of nonprofits across the country are amassing huge amounts of money — many times more than they spend annually — and Congress is taking a closer look at these stockpiles of tax-exempt cash.
By Megan O’Neil and joshua.hatch
Daily News Roundup: Trump Speech Angers Boy Scout Parents and Alumni
The president gave a partisan speech to a gathering of thousands of Boy Scouts. Also, new research suggests fundraising appeals should be tailored to reflect how donors view themselves.
Daily News Roundup: Judge Clears Legal-Aid Groups to Keep Helping Immigrants
The ruling blocks Justice Department efforts to restrict nonprofits from giving legal help to potential deportees unless they take them on as formal clients. Also, the NAACP names an interim chief executive, and Kalamazoo officials unveil details of a planned $500 million foundation to help the financially struggling city.
Nonprofit Coalition Takes a New Tack in the Trump Era
Dan Cardinali has spent his first year as head of Independent Sector finding ways to promote a populist tax idea and taking a more expansive approach to getting charities and foundations to work together.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Controversy Over Coke Giving Follows Ga. Health Official to CDC
The soft-drink giant funded anti-obesity programs in Georgia when Brenda Fitzgerald, incoming head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the state’s health commissioner. Also, volunteerism jumps in New York City, and a tale of two Utah nonprofits that barred LGBT groups from events.
Daily News Roundup: House Approves $145 Million Each to Arts and Humanities Endowments
Also, a Brooklyn hospital gets $25 million from a family foundation established by Jeff Bezos’s mother and stepfather, and Howard Buffett donates $3 million to expand a children’s museum.
Daily News Roundup: NYC Plan for Arts Groups Links Funding to Diversity
Mayor Bill de Blasio says arts nonprofits’ progress on staff and board equity will be a factor in City Hall grant decisions. Also, big donors to the San Antonio Symphony form a nonprofit to take over operation of the financially struggling orchestra.
Daily News Roundup: Inside a College Development Office Riven by Dysfunction
Dozens of fundraisers have left Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in recent years, fleeing what ex-staffers describe as a toxic environment created by the university’s highly paid president. Plus, how big nonprofit hospitals are faring financially under Obamacare.
Daily News Roundup: House Takes Step to Weaken Church-Politicking Ban
The Appropriations Committee approved language in a spending bill aimed at curbing IRS enforcement of the ban on electioneering by houses of worship. Also, big foundations take big financial hits as a private-equity fund popular with charitable investors goes bust.
Daily News Roundup: New Coalition of Big Aid Charities Tackling Hunger Crisis
Eight of the world’s largest relief groups will raise money together to alleviate starvation in three African countries and Yemen. Also, the University of Louisville Foundation comes under state investigation, and Howard Buffett gives a philanthropic boost to his adopted Illinois hometown.
Nonprofit Leaders Urge Pence to Expand Charitable Deduction
Foundation executives said the vice president pledged support for the work of charities but was noncommittal on specific policies.
By Alex Daniels and Megan O’Neil
Daily News Roundup: Wider Array of Nonprofits Join Push Against Obamacare Replacement
Nonprofit hospitals and patient-advocacy groups are lobbying wavering Republicans as a vote looms on the Senate health-care measure. Also, charities explore mobile-payments app Venmo as a fundraising tool, and a big-city newspaper teams with GoFundMe to encourage crowdfunding campaigns.
Daily News Roundup: Knight Foundation Arm Sues Over Trump’s Twitter Blocks
The Knight First Amendment Institute says the president’s account is a “public forum” and he violates the free-speech rights of users he prevents from posting responses. Plus, a Philadelphia public broadcaster’s executive pay arouses ire, and Melinda Gates slams White House policies on family planning.
Daily News Roundup: Annual Warren Buffett Charity Gift Tops $3 Billion
The summertime ritual saw 18.6 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock go to the Gates Foundation and four Buffett-family grant makers. Also, a look at how Priscilla Chan is taking the reins at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and a Texas supermarket mogul makes his second major education gift this year.
GuideStar ‘Hate Group’ Controversy Should Put Spotlight on Charity Watchdogs
Helping donors decide where to give requires strong criteria — and that inevitably leads to value judgments by the groups that monitor and gather information on nonprofits.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
LGBTQ Nonprofit Workers Report More Negative Career Impact, Says Study
One in five say they’ve had career setbacks traceable to their gender identities, but the impact of race and ethnicity is bigger, according to a new survey by the Building Movement Project.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor