Daily News Roundup: Catholic Cardinal Resigns Amid Sex-Abuse Allegations
Pope Francis has effectively taken away Theodore McCarrick’s title even before church officials have investigated the accusations. In other articles, Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil has been suspended amid sexual-misconduct allegations; last year’s tax-cut law included an act that allows rich investors and businesses to erase their tax obligations by pouring big sums into poor communities; plus other articles on donor-advised funds, conductor salaries, and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Sexual Harassment Is Rife Among Classical Musicians
More than 50 artists share their ordeals with harassment and assault at all levels of the profession — occurring in dressing rooms, during one-on-one lessons, and even in the wings during performances. In other articles, Catholic hospitals are shaping health care in rural America; an HIV program Trump aims to cut wins high praise from researchers and health officials; and more articles about giving and other news.
Podcast: How the Bush Daughters Advance Global Health Care Through Fellowships
Global Health Corps, founded by the daughters of former President George W. Bush, provides fellowships for young, diverse people in areas of the world with limited access to health care.
Daily News Roundup: Silicon Valley Nonprofits Are Having to Learn New Ways to Attract Local Donors
Charities are finding ways to be “incubators” and “disrupters,” not just provide services, to get the attention of the millionaires and billionaires in the tech industry. In other articles, some of the big stories about EPA chief Scott Pruit’s alleged misconduct came to light because of a Freedom of Information Act request from the Sierra Club; more corporate CEOs are taking stands on social issues; and other articles about the IRS’s donor-disclosure decision and about big giving.
How the IRS’s Stance on Donor Disclosure Corrupts the Nonprofit World
Charities still must tell the tax agency who provided major support, But the move to let all other nonprofits keep donors secret harms every nonprofit by allowing foreign nationals, influence peddlers, and outright crooks to take over tax-exempt groups.
By ROGER COLINVAUX
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Koch Foundation Will Post College Gift Agreements Online
Amidst of a controversy over a George Mason University gift arrangement that allowed the grant maker possible influence over faculty hiring, the foundation says it will make all future multiyear agreements available online. In other articles, the Montana governor has filed suit against the Trump administration to keep it from allowing some nonprofits to refrain from disclosing big donors; and Raices will spend $3 million on flights and housing for migrant families. Plus, more news and opinion.
Daily News Roundup: How a Group Working for Migrants Is Using a $30M Windfall
Raices is making plans for the $21 million raised on Facebook and the millions more that are still flowing in. In other articles, a New York nonprofit that takes care of immigrant children has tripled its revenue; lawyer Jay Sekulow is using the Trump administration’s actions to raise money for his own group; the University of Wisconsin at Oshkoch Foundation has filed an $18.5 million claim against the UW system; and other articles about foundations and big gifts and museums and more.
Daily News Roundup: The Rich Differ With Advisers on How Tax Law Will Affect Giving
About 58 percent of wealthy people say tax policy won’t change their giving, but wealth managers and others disagree. In other articles, American women are rushing in to help separated families; some migrant families are reunited at a nonprofit in Texas; after being fired over sexual-harassment allegations, KIPP co-founder starts new education group; Steve Bannon plans to set up a foundation to boost the far right in Europe; and other articles about innovation, the arts, young people, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Dozens of Fake Veterans Charities Pocket the Money They Raise, Says FTC
The Federal Trade Commission and others have worked together on more than 100 actions against phony nonprofits, which have collected tens of millions in cash and goods. In other articles, a Senate panel approved the Trump administration’s IRS nominee along party lines; a nonprofit for immigrants refuses $250,000 from Salesforce.com; resettlement charities fold or shift their focus as the number of migrants drops; plus more articles on innovation, nonprofits and the law, and opinion.
Podcast: Open Road Alliance Helps Nonprofits Address What Can Go Wrong
Executive director Maya Winkelstein says many grant makers never discuss with charities seeking funds what could go wrong with their projects. Her group is working to change that.
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. Is Investigating Trump Foundation, Sources Say
The state’s Department of Taxation and Finance is looking into whether the grant maker violated state laws. In other articles, the Interior Department is launching an inquiry into a real-estate deal linking the Zinke Foundation and the chairman of Halliburton; the arrest of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina has drawn attention to a firearms-advocacy group; and more news and features.
Daily News Roundup: Treasury Defends Decision to Stop Requiring Some Groups to Disclose Donors
The Treasury Department says people can still find donor information from legally available sources. In other articles, the legal-services nonprofit Raices, which raised $20 million to help immigrant families, outlines its plans to pay the bonds for detained women and children; Bill Gates invests to try to speed up research on Alzheimer’s disease; and more about Bill Gates, government and politics and other news and features.
Facebook Efforts to Thwart Fake News Trip Up Some Nonprofits
A program that brings New Orleans music to Buffalo, N.Y., is among the nonprofits that have been caught up in the social-media giant’s response to the misuse of its platform in the 2016 elections.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
‘Zero Tolerance’ Pledge on Harassment Urged for College and School Fundraisers
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education suggests fundraisers and others should sever ties with donors, alumni, or anyone else involved in misconduct.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Donor-Disclosure Requirements Loosened for Some Groups
The Treasury Department says social-welfare groups and trade associations no longer have to disclose their donors. In other articles, the University of Louisville and its former president are fighting over whether he is entitled to the large payout he made when he stepped down; George Soros is worried about the future of liberal democracy; Warren Buffett gives $3.4 billion to the Gates Foundation and others; and more news about big donors.
Daily News Roundup: How a Sexual-Harassment Inquiry Went Wrong
In other articles, the Trump administration is making a new argument against the social safety net — that previous programs have already worked; the chairman of a Chinese conglomerate’s stake in the company is expected to go to a Chinese-based charity; real-estate gifts to colleges and universities are increasing; and much more news and opinion.