Daily News Roundup: U. of Chicago Countersues Donor Seeking to Spike $100-Million Gift
April 9, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
U. of Chicago Seeks to Dismiss Suit Over $100 Million Gift, Files Counterclaim Against Benefactor (Chicago Tribune). Plus see a Chronicle article on how to avoid donor lawsuits.
How a Koch-Backed Veterans Group Gained Influence in Trump’s Washington (Washington Post)
New Database Logs $116 Million in Big Pharma Giving to Patient-Advocacy Groups (Kaiser Health News)
Lincoln Center President Debora Spar Resigns After a Single, Rocky Year (New York Times)
About Politics and Philanthropy
Conservative Nonprofit That Roils Campuses Has Rising-Star Founder, Wealthy Donors, and Close Ties to Trumpworld (Politico Magazine)
Robert Mercer-Backed Group Worked With Facebook and Google to Target Swing Voters With Anti-Muslim Ads (Center for Responsive Politics)
About Colleges
Yale Endowment Issues Casting Call for Money Managers Large and Small to Pitch Investments (Bloomberg)
UW-Oshkosh Foundation Scandal Prompts Changes for Wisc. Campus Nonprofits (Associated Press)
About Museums
Brooklyn Museum Defends Hiring of a White Curator of African Art (New York Times)
Dispute Over Art Sales to Buttress Berkshire Museum Finances Winnows Nonprofit’s Board (Berkshire Eagle)
Opinion
Poverty Is Moving to the Suburbs, but the War on Poverty Hasn’t Followed (Washington Post)
As Fair Housing Act Turns 50, HUD Turns Blind Eye to Segregation in Public Housing (New York Times)
