Fundraising Curbs Might Not Cover All Clinton Charities
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, the largest of the Clinton Foundation’s subsidiary charities, might not be bound by the foundation’s pledge not to take gifts from foreign actors and corporations if Hillary Clinton is elected president, according to The Boston Globe.
Business Ties Could Present Conflicts for Big Hospitals
The burgeoning size and vast business relationships of many nonprofit hospitals pose unique challenges for the institutions’ administrators and trustees in combating appearances of impropriety, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Experts Question Ethics of Breitbart Editor’s Fundraising
Breitbart News editor and conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos raised at least $100,000 for scholarships for white men in an unethical and “possibly illegal” way, according to The Daily Beast.
Mass. Charter-School Campaign Funded by Secretive Nonprofits
A ballot initiative to expand charter schools in Massachusetts is being funded in part by nonprofits that do not have to disclose their donors, highlighting the difficulty states face in tracking political money that flows through tax-exempt “social-welfare” groups, The Boston Globe writes.
Art Critic Imagines a Trump Effect on Cultural Landscape
Philip Kennicott of The Washington Post paints a satiric but cautionary portrait of how a Donald Trump presidency could rile up forces that would censor or police speech and cut federal funding for the arts.
Clinton Foundation to Curb Fundraising if Hillary Is Elected
The charity said Thursday that it will eschew all donations from corporations and foreign entities if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency and that next month’s 12th annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting will be the last, the Associated Press and CNN report.
Court Says Norton Simon Museum Can Keep Nazi-Looted Works
Ruling on one of the most prominent disputes over artworks stolen by the Hitler regime during World War II, a federal judge allowed the Pasadena, Calif., museum to keep two 16th-century masterpieces formerly belonging to a Dutch Jewish art dealer, The Art Newspaper reports.
Nonprofits Face New Requirements in Financial Statements
The changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board are meant to make information clearer for creditors, grant makers, auditors, and others that review the documents.
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Court Papers Link DiCaprio Fund to Malaysia Finance Scandal
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmentally focused foundation has been caught up in the federal investigation of a massive embezzlement case involving Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund 1MDB, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Ky. Charities Balk at Plan to Link Medicaid and Volunteering
The Kentucky Nonprofit Network says its members cannot accommodate a potential influx of tens of thousands of volunteers under Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed “community engagement” requirement for Medicaid recipients to get their benefits, reports the Lexington Herald Leader.
Opinion: Clinton Foundation Should Close if Hillary Wins
The charity’s fundraising represents “an inherent conflict of interest” for a potential Hillary Clinton administration, and it should make plans now to wind down if she is elected in November, The Boston Globe editorializes.
Arab-American Charity Loses Suit Over Bank-Account Closure
A federal jury decided Tuesday in favor of Bank of America in a case brought by Michigan-based aid charity Life for Relief and Development after the bank closed its account, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Philly Official Likens Ex-Mayor’s Nonprofit to ‘Slush Fund’
The city controller issued a report Tuesday questioning the use of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a City Hall-affiliated nonprofit during former mayor Michael Nutter’s tenure, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia magazine write.
Human-Rights Champion Gave Little to Help Dissidents From a Yahoo Fund
Harry Wu, who spent nine years in Chinese Labor camps, left a tarnished legacy after granting only $1.2 million to Chinese dissident families from a $17 million fund set up by the tech giant for that purpose, writes The New York Times.
Opinion: Clinton Failed to Maintain ‘Ethical Wall’ With Foundation
Hillary Clinton did not adequately separate her family foundation from her duties heading the State Department, although it’s an exaggeration to say she ran a pay-for-play scheme, writes The Washington Post in an editorial.
Admissions Offices Wary of Students Exaggerating Charity Work
College admissions officers and advocates for changing college entrance processes say they are concerned that many high-school students doing things like making fleeting “mission trips” to beef up their college applications, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni writes.