Daily News Roundup: Mexican Billionaire to Give $110 Million to Earthquake Relief

About Disaster Relief

Carlos Slim to Donate $110 Million for Mexico’s Quake Relief (Bloomberg). Also, see a Chronicle profile of Mr. Slim.

After Hurricane Maria, D.C. Chef and His Team Have Served More Meals Than the Red Cross in Puerto Rico (The Washington Post)

10 Ways Community Foundations Are a Best Bet for Disaster Giving (Forbes)

Other News and Features

Trump-Associated Golf Club Claims It Gave $5 Million to Charity. An Investigation Shows Otherwise. (NPR)

Charities Could Be Big Losers Under Tax Reform. One N.C. Congressman Is Trying to Fix That. (The News & Observer). Also, see a Chronicle article about nonprofits battling to get the charitable deduction extended to all taxpayers.

3 Years Ago, Stockton, Calif., Was Bankrupt. Now It’s Trying Out a Philanthropy-Backed Basic Income. (Vox)

Philadelphia Eagles’s Chris Long Pledges to Donate His Entire 2017 Salary to Charity (Los Angeles Times)

The ‘French Bill Gates’: Giving Has to Bring You Joy, Nothing Else (CNBC). Also, see a Chronicle interview with Alexandre Mars about how his foundation chooses charities to support.