Daily News Roundup: Trump Budget Could Hit Arts Programs for Veterans
Also, George Lucas doubles the size of a University of Southern California endowment his foundation launched last year to assist budding minority filmmakers.
Charity Leader Sees New Urgency for Global Outreach in Trump Era
Sean Callahan, the new head of Catholic Relief Services, is determined to make private donors and government officials alike understand the value of American assistance to the world’s most vulnerable populations.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Brookings Institution Gets $20 Million for Fellowships
Other notable gifts include $20 million to UCLA to boost diversity in engineering and computer science and $15 million to Iona College to create a center for entrepreneurship and innovation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Religious Charities’ Role an Issue in Debate on Trump Budget
Also, one of Facebook’s first employees donates $75 million to boost data science at his collegiate alma mater, and affluent soon-to-be spouses put a charitable spin on registering for wedding gifts.
David Rockefeller’s Death Means Windfall for Family Foundation
The likely addition of hundreds of millions of dollars to its coffers comes as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund charts a course to raise grant making on climate change, social policy, and global issues.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Israeli Teen Charged in Jewish Center Bomb Threats
Also, the Hershey Trust draws fresh criticism over its selection of three new board members, and a Massachusetts legislator proposes taxing nonprofits that pay high executive salaries.
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. Charities Say State Deals Massively Underfund Services
Groups aiming to change how New York funds human services says the state has fallen $1 billion short over six years in covering the cost of contracted programs. Also, small and midsize public radio stations ramp up major-gift fundraising, and arts advocates bring new urgency to their annual lobbying day on Capitol Hill.
Gifts Roundup: Muslim Family Gives $15 Million for Study of World Religions
Rafat and Zoreen Ansari hope their new institute at the University of Notre Dame will build partnerships among people of different faiths to work on social ills like violence and poverty.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Immigrants Are Afraid to Seek Food Stamps
Anti-hunger advocates say immigrants who are eligible for federal assistance fear drawing the attention of immigration officials. Plus, a donor’s ex-wife sues a university, saying donations were hidden assets during her divorce.
Daily News Roundup: Immigration Groups Hail Travel-Ban Rulings
Nonprofits working with migrants said they would hasten to resettle refugees as judges held up President Trump’s revised restrictions on U.S. entry. Also, a million-acre land gift to expand Chile’s park system moves forward, and the New York Philharmonic lures a leader from its Los Angeles counterpart.
How USC Raised $6 Billion and Is Now Seeking More
The university doubled its fundraising staff and focused on midlevel donors. Now it’s adding another three years to its record-breaking capital campaign.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Advice for Aspiring Major-Gifts Fundraisers
If you want to become a major-gifts officer, seek out skilled mentors and ask for chances to interact with big donors, experts say.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Prominent White Nationalist Group Loses Nonprofit Status
The Internal Revenue Service penalized “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer’s National Policy Institute for failing to file tax returns for several years. Also, bomb threats alter daily life at Jewish community centers, and the White House solicits reporters’ advice on donating President Trump’s pay.
Also, $50 million from Paul Allen and Microsoft endows the University of Washington’s computer-science school, and a $25 million donation expands the Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville branch.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Top Fla. Lawmaker Targets University Foundations
Spending on salaries and travel by Florida campuses’ fundraising affiliates comes in for legislative scrutiny. Plus, public-broadcasting leaders face a fight for continued federal funding, and a hedge-fund veteran brings high-velocity trading to his family philanthropy.
Demand for Information on Harvard Gift Raises Thorny Issues for Fundraisers
In a case that should raise warning signs for fundraisers, a federal judge overseeing an investor-fraud case has ordered the university to provide testimony and documents showing how a donor sent the institution money.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor