She owns 10.3 million shares in SVMK, the parent company of SurveyMonkey, which she plans to give to her charitable foundation when company goes public. In other articles, the Trump administration will no longer support the U.N agency that assists Palestinian refugees; a $20 million gift to the University of Illinois will include $15 million for a football performance center; Facebook will turn a warehouse in Menlo Park, Calif., into a Community Hub to support nonprofits; plus much more.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Gift Will Start Research Facility at U. of Wisconsin-Madison
The donation, from Foxconn, will require matching funds of $100 million to establish the research facility at the College of Engineering. In other articles, Y Combinator will contribute $60 million to study universal basic income; J.J. Watt’s foundation offers details where the $42 million it has raised for Hurricane Harvey relief is going; the founder of Craigslist has given $1 million in unrestricted money to Mother Jones; and more about news and nonprofit innovation and foundations.
Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift Goes Toward Vision Research
In other articles, the United Way’s CEO talks about how the group is modernizing its fundraising strategy; a Georgia State University donor’s gift may have inflated the stock price; Starbucks employees will be allowed to divide their time between work and volunteering; the CEO of the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies, who had been in paid leave, has resigned; a Harvard professor makes an argument for public-interest tech courses at universities. Plus, news and opinion on the arts and culture.
Daily News Roundup: Free Tuition Is Surprise Gift for All NYU Medical Students
New York Medical School announced it would cover tuition, and an anonymous gift will fund tuition for the University of Houston Medical School’s inaugural class. On other topics, a look at whether the Trump Foundation has violated federal law; the Soros Foundation will leave Hungary by the end of the month; the challenge of giving away $1 billion; plus news about museums and the arts.
Daily News Roundup: 3 Days on the Road With Parkland Student Activists
The New York Times has been following the high-school students as they travel the country registering voters and talking about gun violence. Plus, the Guardian reports on how diversity is part of the struggle for the Parkland students. In other articles, an accountant in Hawaii has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $7 million from a nonprofit; a charity founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates is helping separated migrant families; and more about giving and other news.
Daily News Roundup: Priests Sexually Abused More Than 1,000 Children in Pa., Says Grand-Jury Report
State church leaders persuaded victims not to report the abuse and law-enforcement officers not to investigate, the report says. In other articles, donors to colleges are increasingly demanding more information about how their money is used; the Art Institute of Chicago has a long history of bringing in big gifts — here’s how it does it; the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum got a “groundswell of support” after vandals flooded its new education center. Plus, articles on innovation, giving, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Fundraisers Host Extreme Events to Raise More Money
Studies have shown that the harder the challenge, the more people give. In other articles, churches lose billions every year through fraud, but the solution may lie with the IRS; two nonprofit scholars say that even with 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States, there is room for more; studies show that three simple tricks can nudge donors to increase their gifts; and more about giving and celebrity philanthropy.
Daily News Roundup: Fund Created to Give Out $266 Million in Civil-Rights Settlement
Native American farmers and ranchers will receive the funds, which the U.S. government agreed to pay after 20 years of discrimination. In other articles: why the Roman Catholic Church is still struggling with sex-abuse scandals; a private email shows that the former president of the Salk Institute tried to discourage a professor from suing the organization for gender discrimination; and much more, including articles on innovation and opinion pieces about Gerry Lenfest.
‘Alexa, Make a Donation.’ Digital Assistants Might Be the Next Big Thing in Fundraising.
‘Alexa Donations’ offers people a convenient new tool for donations. How will charities use it?
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Fidelity’s New Female Chief Is Intensely Private — and a Big Philanthropist
A generous but anonymous supporter of charities, Abby Johnson aims to remake the finanial services company she took over from her father. Also, museums seek to cultivate more curators of color; it’s harder than you think to return tainted donations; and storm-ravaged Puerto Rico gets water relief from an unlikely duo.
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofits Hope Rebooted Silicon Valley Fund Will Focus on Local Needs
As the Silicon Valley Community Foundation searches for new leaders after a harassment scandal, nonprofits urge a local focus on poverty, health, transportation, and the environment. In other articles, Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to repeal part of the GOP tax plan that affected nonprofits; an opera director steps down amid harassment allegations; and more articles about social innovation, fundraising, giving, and the arts.
Tex. Nonprofit Sues Stanford U. Over Trademark ‘Philanthropy Lab’
Two groups focused on promoting innovation in charity fundraising and philanthropy education have gone to court over overlapping names.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: The Rich Differ With Advisers on How Tax Law Will Affect Giving
About 58 percent of wealthy people say tax policy won’t change their giving, but wealth managers and others disagree. In other articles, American women are rushing in to help separated families; some migrant families are reunited at a nonprofit in Texas; after being fired over sexual-harassment allegations, KIPP co-founder starts new education group; Steve Bannon plans to set up a foundation to boost the far right in Europe; and other articles about innovation, the arts, young people, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Dozens of Fake Veterans Charities Pocket the Money They Raise, Says FTC
The Federal Trade Commission and others have worked together on more than 100 actions against phony nonprofits, which have collected tens of millions in cash and goods. In other articles, a Senate panel approved the Trump administration’s IRS nominee along party lines; a nonprofit for immigrants refuses $250,000 from Salesforce.com; resettlement charities fold or shift their focus as the number of migrants drops; plus more articles on innovation, nonprofits and the law, and opinion.
Daily News Roundup: Treasury Defends Decision to Stop Requiring Some Groups to Disclose Donors
The Treasury Department says people can still find donor information from legally available sources. In other articles, the legal-services nonprofit Raices, which raised $20 million to help immigrant families, outlines its plans to pay the bonds for detained women and children; Bill Gates invests to try to speed up research on Alzheimer’s disease; and more about Bill Gates, government and politics and other news and features.
Daily News Roundup: Federal Grants to Care for Detained Kids Soar
Health and Human Service grants for providing shelter, foster care, and other services jumped from $74.5 million in 2007 to $958 million in 2017. In other articles, early ventures could shape the new federal “opportunity zone” program, which gives tax breaks to poor neighborhoods; the leader of a conservative group that says it aims to expose scientific fraud faces allegations of financial mismanagement and faked documents; and other news about innovation, big philanthropists, the arts, and more.