Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
The departure comes amid evidence that the prominent chief executive failed to adequately deal with workplace misconduct by the organization’s top fundraiser.
By Megan O’Neil
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Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint
Wide-ranging allegations against Rajiv Shah, including steering money to friends, were found to be “without factual basis or merit,” says board chairman Richard Parsons.
By Megan O’Neil
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New Facebook Fundraising Tool Brings In $1.7 Million for Susan G. Komen
The company’s software syncs with the nonprofit’s, so when people register to raise money for a charity, they get a pop-up message that they can also be raising money on Facebook.
By Megan O’Neil
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$16.3 Billion Drop in Giving Predicted This Year Due to Tax Cut
The study by the American Enterprise Institute assumes modest economic growth and adds to the growing body of literature predicting rough times ahead for nonprofit fundraising.
By Megan O’Neil
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$100 Million in Walton Education Grants Will Go Beyond Charter Schools
Support for teachers of color, parent advocacy groups, and even public school systems will get new support.
By Megan O’Neil
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Affluent Younger Investors Are Gravitating to Impact Investments, Study Says
A Fidelity Charitable survey found that some 70 percent of millennial and Gen X investors are seeking social and environmental as well as financial returns, more than double the rate for older generations.
By Megan O’Neil
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New Fund to Support #MeToo Efforts
The New York Women’s Foundation will soon start making five- and six-figure grants via a new fund aimed at supporting overlooked nonprofits. Activists like Tarana Burke will steer the grant-making decisions.
By Megan O’Neil
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Facebook to Invite Users to Raise Money for Charity Jointly
A new tool will allow up to four people to band together and operate a charitable fundraising event.
By Megan O’Neil
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New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Takes the Lead in Battling Opioid Abuse
As addiction rates soar, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation seeks to multiply the power of its $43.5 million fund to combat the problem.
By Megan O’Neil
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Updated: Wells Fargo Pledges to Give $400 Million Cash in 2018
The announcement by the financial giant, which follows a long list of misdeeds that have harmed customers, may make the company the biggest corporate cash donor in the nation.
By Megan O’Neil
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