Harvard Raises $9.6 Billion in Capital Campaign: Daily News Roundup
It surpassed its goal by more than $3 billion. Plus, Sloan Kettering is coming under fire for its deal to share cancer-patient data with a for-profit; a veterans charity raised $6.5 million in Florida but allegedly gave none to charity; a big donor’s Facebook post with photos of two black women has roiled the University of Mississippi; a tool used to measure nonprofit efficiency is inaccurate, a study finds; and much more on nonprofits and the law; big gifts and grants; and weekend reads.
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Harvard Raises $9.6 Billion in Capital Campaign: Daily News Roundup
Plus, Mark Cuban will give $10 million to women’s causes after an investigation found a history of sexual misconduct among Dallas Mavericks staff; a nonprofit in Charleston, W.Va., says a New York group with a similar name has been aggressively raising money in the state; a think tank associated with George Mason University and supported by Koch family foundations is pretending not to be part of the university; and other articles about the Bezos gift and innovations and much more.
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Daily News Roundup: Outrage Over Family Separations Prompts Protests by Advocay Groups
Rallies are planned in 132 cities on June 30 to protest the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrant children apart from their parents. In other articles, one Texas nonprofit reaped $450 million to house detained children in a former Walmart store; the CEO of a nonprofit shelter for detained immigrant children — and who called police on a Democratic senator when he tried to enter the building — is paid $770,000; and much more about big philanthropy and other news.
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Daily News Roundup: Koch Fund Boosts Education Giving
The Charles Koch Foundation is giving far more to colleges and universities even as its philanthropy is facing more scrutiny. In other articles, single people are often seen as selfish, but research shows otherwise; the number of college students volunteering has hit an all-time low; a nonprofit that thrived after 9/11 has languished in recent years; and more, including opinion and the arts.
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Defeatism About Philanthropy’s Role in Curbing Climate Change Unwarranted
Executives of the Environmental Defense Fund, the Energy Foundation, ClimateWorks, Solutions Project, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation say grant makers have accomplished more than an op-ed in the Chronicle suggested — but all agree far more needs to be done.
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Daily News Roundup: What 2018 Holds for Impact Investing
Predictions from leaders of four major institutions. In other articles, dozens of refugee resettlement offices in the United States may close; San Francisco’s Internet Archive is given $1 million worth of Bitcoin; grateful fans of football star Andy Dalton are giving to his foundation; real-estate agents and developers are working to lure buyers who want to live in communities involved in philanthropy; and more.
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Our Best Guidance for Managing Your Nonprofit Career
Asking for raises, dealing with impossible managers, meeting with recruiters, or just carving out a little “me time": a look back at The Chronicle’s best advice of 2017 for your professional life.
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Daily News Roundup: How the Tax Bill Could Alter Giving
In other articles, the Metropolitan Opera suspended its renowned conductor and former music director after three men claimed he sexually abused them as teenagers; Jared Kushner failed to disclose his role as a co-director of a foundation when the group funded an Israeli settlement; a nonprofit associated with the Koch Brothers gave $1.7 million to Project Veritas; and much more on giving.
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Grants Roundup: $3.4 Million From Charles Koch Foundation to Texas A&M U.
The money will go toward the Private Enterprise Research Center. Plus, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, the Omidyar Network, and the MacArthur Foundation together awarded $8.6 million to DoSomething.org for advocacy work.
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Rutgers Drafts Alumni ‘Captains’ to Boost Sluggish Fundraising
Looking to raise $100 million for sports facilities and bolster its last-place ranking among Big Ten schools in alumni giving, Rutgers University is drafting successful former students to spearhead a drive to enlist 10,000 donors, the Asbury Park Press writes.
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