Daily News Roundup: Melinda Gates Talks About Diversity in Tech
She also discusses problems money can’t fix and more. In other news, aid groups are scrambling to solve the problem of sexual misconduct after the Oxfam scandal; an opaque religious charity run by top U.S. housing officials raises questions; three employees of the disaster-aid charity Shelterbox have left after allegations of sexual misconduct by aid workers; and more articles about giving and about nonprofits and policy.
Daily News Roundup: NIH Officials Sought Funds From Alcohol Industry for Alcohol Study
Scientists’ pitch was that the research might show that an alcoholic drink a day could boost health. In other articles, a top AIDS researcher is a candidate to head the Centers for Disease Control; an anonymous donor threatened to pull an $8 million pledge to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas if the president leaves; a lawsuit at the Metropolitan Opera shows how the relationship between James Levine and Peter Gelb soured; and much more about the Nassar sex-abuse case and other news.
How Mayo Clinic Raised Nearly $3.8 Billion
Working to show donors that their money matters and increasing the size of the fundraising staff helped the century-old medical charity meet its goal early in its second-ever campaign.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Pritzker Heir Gives $10 Million to Improve Foster Care
Other big gifts include $15 million to Georgia Tech and $10 million to Temple University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: James Levine Sues the Metropolitan Opera
The conductor filed a lawsuit for breach of contract and defamation three days after the company fired him. In other news, a donor is pulling a $14 million gift to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas; Puerto Rico makes a plea for help six months after a devastating hurricane; Stephen Hawking’s death has prompted a surge in donations to motor neuron disease; Chuck Feeney, who gave away billions, lives modestly in a rented apartment; and much more on giving and other news.
Daily News Update: Immigrant Advocates Claim ICE Is Targeting Them
They are accusing immigration authorities of trying to silence them through deportation. In other news, gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker is challenged on trusts he says were established for charitable giving; the Missouri attorney general will conduct an inquiry into Eric Greitens’s former charity. Plus, articles on politics and philanthropy and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Donor Chops $75 Million From Big Calif. Medical Gift
Plus: Big names in tech are boosting Goldman Sachs’s fast-growing donor-advised fund, the maker of OxyContin wades controversially into anti-addiction giving; a Democratic House leader looks into the Trump Organization’s donation of profits to the Treasury; and news and views on Latino philanthropy, a growing advice club for the very rich, and the latest XPrize Foundation contest. (Hint: humanoids!)
Daily News Roundup: Metropolitan Opera Fires James Levine
An investigation found evidence of sexual abuse and harassment by the music director emeritus. In other articles, the vast majority of managers of foundations and endowments say they have no plans to invest in cryptocurrencies, but many are intrigued; Brown University has decided not to display a house linked to Rosa Parks after a dispute about whether she lived there; an African nonprofit has made strides in reducing childhood deaths; and much more about the new tax law and the arts and giving.
Harvard-MIT Project to Help Kids Read Gets $30 Million From Zuckerberg Chan; Other Big Gifts
Warren Buffett’s longtime deputy Charles Munger gives $21 million to a hospital whose board he has chaired for 31 years, and Oprah Winfrey gives $22.5 million to her foundation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Bono Says Charity He Co-Founded Failed to Protect Workers From Abuse
He says he is “furious” after accusations resurfaced about an atmosphere of bullying and abuse at the Johannesburg operation of ONE. In other news, a protest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes aim at donors connected to OxyContin; a California veterans program was struck by violence; nonprofit officials are accused of harassing union organizers; David Rockefeller’s estate sale may hit $1 billion; and other articles about the arts and Trump-inspired “rage philanthropy” and more.
Daily News Roundup: Women Aid Workers Worldwide Join Calls to Fight Sexual Abuse
In other news, women aid workers around the world join efforts to combat sexual abuse, a bipartisan bill would scrap new levy on college endowment funds, and Home Depot announces $50 million program to train veterans in skilled trades. Plus, Salvation Army opens its first grocery store to expand food options in low-income area of Baltimore, report shows NRA support for youth shooting programs, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg and Chan Launch $30 Million Literacy Program
Other top stories from the nonprofit world include looks inside the philanthropy of Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, and Robert Smith, the wealthiest black American. Plus, Oprah Winfrey donates proceeds from a Weight Watchers stock sale; a veterans charity supports a state investigation of its founder, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens; Facebook’s affordable-housing fund gears up to start backing projects; a Virginia high school drops plans to raffle off an AR-15; and more.
Sweet Briar’s $44 Million Rescue Offers Unusual Fundraising Lessons
An army of alumnae rallied to save their alma mater with a Starbucks challenge and a host of other creative ideas. Will it be enough to save the college over the long term?
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Daily News Roundup: Child-Sex-Abuse Claims Reported to British Charity Watchdog
In other news, international nonprofits worry about proposals to tighten Washington lobbying rules for foreign entities, a U.K. charity draws fire for cooperating with immigration patrols to round up homeless migrants, Salesforce and the United Way team up in a bid to transform workplace giving, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Aid Charities Report Scores of Harm Cases to Regulator
In other news, congressional Republicans take another shot at undoing the Johnson Amendment, a donor family sues to claw back a $100 million gift to the University of Chicago, and a Harvard professor faces a new round of sexual-misconduct allegations. Plus, companies court lawmakers with charitable gifts, the Gates Foundation puts $170 million into gender equality, a crowdfunding campaign delivers for the families of Vegas shooting victims, a Georgia Girl Scout’s cookie sales go viral, and more.
Gifts Roundup: Paul Allen Pledges $125 Million for Artificial-Intelligence Research
Plus, investor Shelby Davis commits $100 million for international scholarships, and NBA star Kevin Durant will donate $10 million for college-completion programs in the Maryland community where he grew up.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions