World Vision’s Gaza Chief Accused by Israel of Aiding Hamas
Israeli security officials arrested the aid organization’s Gaza director on allegations that he steered tens millions of dollars from the charity to the Islamist Palestinian group’s military wing, Israeli daily Haaretz and the Associated Press report.
Black Lives Matter Groups Push Grant Makers to Step Outside Their Comfort Zones
Foundations should back efforts to create “deep, systemic, and structural change” rather than supporting programs that just tweak existing power structures, says one leader of the racial-justice movement.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Roger Ailes Drops $500,000 Gift for N.Y. State Senior Center
Protests by Putnam County, N.Y., residents derailed a county proposal to turn over construction of a new elder-care center to the deposed Fox News chief’s nonprofit and name the facility after him, The Journal News of the Lower Hudson Valley reports.
D.C. May Revisit Payments in Lieu of Taxes for Colleges
Georgetown, George Washington, and other universities in the District hold property that would have added $111 million to city coffers were it not nonprofit-owned, The Washington Post writes.
Watchdog Nonprofit Unveils Database to Trace ‘Dark Money’
The Center for Public Integrity launched a new online tool Tuesday aimed at shedding light on the flow of funds coursing into political campaigns via nonprofits that are not required to identify donors.
Black Live Matter Groups Issue Call for Reparations
Demands that African-Americans be compensated for historical wrongs and that the death penalty be abolished were part of a six-point platform released Monday by more than 60 organizations connected to the national racial-justice movement, The New York Times writes.
Charity Care at Pa. Hospitals Lags Behind Other States
Free care to low-income patients amounted to less than 1 percent of revenue at nearly two-thirds of Pennsylvania’s hospitals in 2014, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, citing data that medical centers provided to the state agency that monitors health-care costs.
Turkish Complaint Prompts Tex. Review of Charter Schools
Texas’s education agency is looking into the operations of nonprofit network Harmony Public Schools, which Turkey’s government links to an expatriate Muslim cleric it claims orchestrated last month’s failed coup, the Houston Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal report.
Road to Hershey Trust Deal Paved With ‘Toxic’ Board Battles
A New York Times business column traces the web of financial deals and board disputes that brought on last week’s agreement with Pennsylvania regulators to reform governance at the $12 billion charity that controls the Hershey Company.
Opinion: Clinton Foundation Donors Backed Russian Tech Venture
Major U.S. tech companies that have contributed to the Clinton Foundation heeded calls by the Hillary Clinton-led State Department to invest in a Kremlin effort to develop a Russian equivalent of Silicon Valley, according to a Wall Street Journal column.
After the Conventions, Time for Foundations to Focus on Change
Whatever the election results, the country could be facing political gridlock for years — so it’s up to philanthropy to push for solutions to the nation’s problems.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
Donors Offer $70 Million for Mich. City to Create Foundation
Kalamazoo officials are moving forward with a proposal to take a page from philanthropy to close the city’s budget deficit, cut taxes, and fund long-delayed projects, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports.
Nonprofits and Mass. Towns Tussle Over Tax Proposal
The Boston Globe looks at the battle between charities and local governments in Massachusetts over a state bill that would assess levies on some nonprofit-owned real estate.
Chicago’s Jackson Park to Be Home of Obama Library
The $500 million center will sit between Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago in the historic South Side park, the Chicago Tribune and the Associated Press write, citing sources familiar with the selection process.
Clinton Foundation Donors Said to Be Irked by Lack of DNC Access
Big contributors to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation are griping that their gifts to the charity aren’t getting them admitted to exclusive events at the Democratic National Convention put on for major campaign donors, according to The Huffington Post.
GOP and Democrats Take Strong Stances on Political Activity
The Republicans want to end a rule that bars charities and foundations from spending on political campaigns, while the Democrats want to limit spending by advocacy groups.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY