Opinion: ‘Ice Bucket’-Backed ALS Advance No ‘Breakthrough’
Media accounts of new research partially funded by “ice-bucket challenge” donations overstated the importance of the work to promote a feel-good narrative about the 2014 fundraising sensation, writes HealthNewsReview.org, a nonprofit website that assesses reporting on medical news.
Drive for Homeless Teen Becomes Crowdfunding Cautionary Tale
An online campaign for a needy teenager hoping to attend college in Georgia shows how the internet can quickly transform a heart-tugging story into a magnet for donations, and how quickly the tale can turn, The New York Times writes.
Tumblr Key in Planned Parenthood Arm’s Centenary Campaign
The reproductive-health group’s New York chapter is putting the microblogging site at the center of a 100th-anniversary advertising campaign that does not shy away from the abortion issue, writes The New York Times.
Magazine Features 8 Philanthropic Leaders on Future of Giving
In essays for The Nation, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and six other nonprofit leaders and activists write about how philanthropy can work to address the effects of income inequality and social injustice.
Correction: Funding for Nonprofit’s Google ‘Transparency’ Campaign
An official with the Campaign for Accountability, which has issued highly critical reports on Google’s ties to federal agencies and influence on internet-privacy policy, told SiliconBeat that the campaign is not a project of a fund that has received significant financial support from the Gates and Hewlett foundations, as the tech-news site had previously reported.
Kimbia’s Giving-Day Tech Failure Spurs a Wake-Up Call
Nonprofits are working with technology providers and their own staffs to prevent another costly meltdown — and some are questioning whether giving days are a sustainable way to raise money.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Google Critic Reportedly Linked to Gates- and Hewlett-Funded Nonprofit
Click here for a correction and update of this post based on new reporting by SiliconBeat. The Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog nonprofit that has issued harsh reports on Google’s ties to federal agencies and policy making, is affiliated with a charitable fund that receives significant financial backing from the two big grant makers, according to tech-news site SiliconBeat.
Affordable Housing Reportedly on Chan-Zuckerberg Agenda
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s philanthropy organization is meeting with local experts to lay the groundwork to address a Bay Area housing crisis many in the region attribute to the influx of Silicon Valley wealth, Endgadget writes, citing reporting by another tech-news site, The Information.
Exercise App Looks to Help Charities Cash in on Pokémon Go
As the wildly popular mobile game sends millions of Americans in search of virtual creatures, an application that lets users raise money for causes as they walk, run, or bike is seeking to turn Pokémon-related trekking into donation dollars, The Huffington Post writes.
Pokémon Go Craze Bringing Visitors to Major Museums
Many prominent cultural institutions are seeing greater foot traffic as a result of being integrated into the wildly popular mobile game, but the U.S. Holocaust Museum is asking visitors to refrain from playing within its walls, art-news site Hyperallergic and The Washington Post write.
Opinion: Nonprofit’s Work Showcases Value of Job Training
Programs to arm Americans with the skills prized in today’s job market would do more to improve workers’ prospects than political promises to revamp trade deals, a New York Times business columnist writes in a piece highlighting the work of nonprofit training group Per Scholas.
Data Plus Dance Produces Record Season for Boston Ballet
The 53-year-old troupe is crediting data- and digital-driven improvements to its ticketing and marketing techniques for record revenues and its best attendance figures in more than a decade, writes The Boston Globe.
Apple and Google Intrigued by Upstart Nonprofit’s Effort to Diversify Tech Field
Laura Weidman Powers is expanding a nonprofit — with support from some giant companies — that helps people of color move beyond internships.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
160 Million Americans Will Soon Be Able to Raise Money for Charity on Facebook
A new tool will let users create dedicated pages to run fundraising campaigns with photos, videos, and write-ups introducing friends and relatives to nonprofits they like.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Tech Money Gets Behind ‘Accelerator’ for Nonprofit Startups
Fast Forward, which assists nonprofits developing products and data analytics to address social problems, has drawn $1.25 million in philanthropic funding from a roster of tech and venture-capital heavyweights that includes Google.org and the Omidyar Network, TechCrunch writes.
PayPal Adding Donation Option to Its Mobile App
Responding to the rapid growth in mobile giving, the digital-payments firm is updating its mobile application to include a button that allows users to make charitable gifts within the app, TechCrunch writes.