Daily News Roundup: Metropolitan Museum of Art Mulls Ticket Charge for Non-New Yorkers

New York Mayor Backs Entrance Fee for Nonresidents at Major Museum: Bill de Blasio endorsed the idea floated by Metropolitan Museum of Art officials of a mandatory charge for visitors who don’t live in the city, reports The New York Times. The museum, which is free but asks attendees to pay a suggested fee, is looking for revenue streams to close a $15 million budget gap.

Livestrong Says Revenue Rising After 3-Year Plunge: The cancer charity saw fundraising plummet in 2015 — the third straight annual drop following the departure of its founder, disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong — but Livestrong officials say donations have picked up in the past year and that hefty cash reserves have kept the nonprofit viable, the Associated Press writes.

Minn. Foundations Join Forces on Impact-Investing Fund: The McKnight Foundation, the Otto Bremer Trust, and several other grant makers have put $17.1 million into a mutual fund that focuses on financing affordable housing and small businesses in the state as part of a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Minnesota Council on Foundations, writes the Star Tribune.

Paul Allen Pledges $30 Million to House the Homeless in Seattle: Supplemented by $5 million from the city, the money from the Microsoft billionaire’s Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will fund construction of a permanent- housing facility accommodating up to 100 homeless and low-income families, The Seattle Times reports.

Poland Takes Aim at George Soros-Backed Nonprofit: The government wants control of some of the tens of millions of dollars Norway gives the Warsaw-based Batory Foundation to address social and economic disparities in Poland, Bloomberg reports. The head of Poland’s conservative ruling party has praised populist Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, who, The New York Times reports, intensified his attack on Mr. Soros and his liberal philanthropic network in a speech Wednesday to the European Parliament.

Wildlife Charity Teams With Tinder to Help Rare Rhinos Breed: In a partnership with Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the dating app created and is promoting a profile for Sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhinoceros, through which Tinder users can donate to efforts to use artificial insemination to save the species, writes The Wall Street Journal (subscription). Read about more online-fundraising innovations in a report in the next issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, coming Tuesday.

Protest-Themed New York Bar Channels Profits to Progressive Causes: Patrons at Coup, which a trio of anti-Trump businessmen opened in Manhattan this month, can earmark proceeds from their drink purchases to a rotating selection of liberal, environmental, and human-rights charities such as Planned Parenthood and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Associated Press writes.