Daily News Roundup: N.Y. Charities Say State Deals Massively Underfund Services

N.Y. Contracts Underfund Nonprofits by $1 Billion, Report Says: The study by Restore Opportunity Now, a campaign aimed at changing how New York State funds human services, asserts that over six years the state has fallen at least $1 billion short of covering the cost of contracted programs, dragging down charity workers’ wages, writes the New York Daily News.

Major-Gift Fundraising Takes Hold at Smaller Public Radio Stations: Small and midsize outlets, which have long built fundraising operations around basic membership contributions, are increasingly courting wealthy donors and landing five-figure gifts, according to Current, which covers the public-media industry. Read a Chronicle article offering tips for smaller charities seeking to land bigger gifts.

Trump Era Has Jewish Donors Looking Beyond Faith Causes: Much of the discussion at this week’s Jewish Funders Network International Conference in Atlanta focused on grants and giving to challenge the president’s agenda and support broader social services, the arts, and secular progressive causes, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports.

Budget Threat Adds Urgency to Annual Capitol Hill Arts Push: Record participation marked this year’s Arts Advocacy Day, with attendees honing their message on the social and economic benefits of culture funding to lawmakers weighing White House plans to terminate the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, reports The New York Times.

Interim Met Museum Leader Lays Out Cost-Cutting Plan: Acting Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO Daniel Weiss is proposing far more modest renovations than his predecessor, Thomas Campbell — whose ambitious expansion plans were a factor in his ouster — and aims to stem a swelling deficit by postponing exhibitions, trimming overhead costs, and boosting food and merchandise sales, The Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports.

Miami-Dade Again Spurns Open Process for Charity Grants: For the third time in 13 years, the Florida county’s commissioners rejected open bidding among nonprofits for $14 million in grant funds, the Miami Herald writes. A year after approving a new screening process that saw 250 organizations submit proposals, commissioners voted to scrap the results and instead extend existing grants.

Apple Omits AIDS-Charity Branding for New iPhone in China: Promotion in China for the new red iPhone 7 set for worldwide release Friday does not mention the special-edition device’s tie-in with HIV/AIDS-awareness campaign Product Red, TechCrunch reports, noting that AIDS remains a controversial subject in the world’s most populous country.