Daily News Roundup: Fledgling Charity Pulls Offer to Big Donors of Time With Trumps
Also, Google’s giving arm donates $30 million for nonprofits to meet tech needs, and British charity regulators rule that Jediism is not a religion.
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit With Trump Ties Offering Access to New President
Also, the foundation tasked with building the Obama presidential library names a White House political aide as its chief executive.
California Endowment to Channel $25 Million to Aid Those Hurt by Trump Policies
The wide-ranging effort aims to help people who lose health care and food stamps and to stem hate crimes and deportation of immigrants.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Progressive Foundations Brace for Trump Administration
Some are taking immediate measures, such as holding money in reserve in case grantees need to shift their tactics. But many foundations aren’t planning sweeping changes.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trumps Drop Charity Auction of Coffee With Ivanka
Also, Catholic Charities of Cleveland uncovers a $1.9 million theft, and the Austrian government plans to give Hitler’s first home to a nonprofit.
Daily News Roundup: New York Clamps Down on Giving to Politicians’ Nonprofits
Also, Ivanka Trump raises ethics questions by auctioning a coffee date for charity, and Denver suspends enforcement of an urban-camping ban criticized by advocates for the homeless.
Despite Layoffs, Nonprofit Associations Tout Strengths
The Council on Foundations and Independent Sector say they will continue to work to protect the charitable deduction and court the Trump administration.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Democracy Endangered When ‘Philanthro-Barons’ Try to Tip Courts
Bill Gates’s and Paul Allen’s big spending to unseat judges who struck down a Washington State law on charter schools shows the unhealthy mix of giving, policy, and politics, asserts philanthropy and education writer Joanne Barkan.
By JOANNE BARKAN
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Giving Via GoFundMe Passes $3 Billion Mark
Also, Amazon raises its profile in Seattle philanthropy amid a downtown building boom, and the NFL de-pinks its annual October cancer campaign.
Daily News Roundup: W. Va. Reviews Ties With Nonprofit in Flap Over Racist Post
Also, the University of California at San Francisco gets a $50 million gift to pursue unconventional medical research, and a foundation official predicts a wave of grant making in support of journalism.
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Looks to Boost Working-Class College Enrollment
Also, how maverick tech investor Peter Thiel’s fellowship program for young entrepreneurs has evolved, and how philanthropist and Education Secretary-designate Betsy Devos fought regulation of charter schools.
Experts Predict Strong Finish to Fundraising Season
A booming stock market and strong economy — along with potential changes in the tax code and possible spending cuts under President-elect Trump — spur fundraisers to urge donors to give now.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Trump Relief Pledge Urges Donors to Give Tax Savings to Charity
More than 100 people have signed the pledge to give the money they retain through tax breaks under the Trump administration to progressive nonprofits.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Dumpster-Diving Samaritans Face Charges in Pa.
The two men were arrested while scouring commercial trash containers for food to give to the homeless. Also, Facebook investors allege collusion in a stock move that aided Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic ambitions.
Independent Sector Lays Off One-Quarter of Its Staff
Financial pressures and a desire to focus on technology, globalization, and other changes affecting nonprofits led to a major restructuring.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit Newsrooms Continue to See Surge in Giving
Also, a Christian conservative group gets in a fight with Connecticut’s comptroller over the state’s office charity drive, and two more billionaire donors join “big bet” philanthropy venture Blue Meridian Partners.