Pro-Charters Group Offers $100,000 for John Oliver Takedown
The nonprofit Center for Education Reform is soliciting video rebuttals to a critical segment about charter schools on the comedian’s satiric TV show Last Week Tonight, The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet education blog writes.
Baltimore Surveillance Effort Betrays a Community Fund’s Mission
The Baltimore Community Foundation shouldn’t just shuffle money around; it needs to stand up for the needs of all residents, especially minorities and others targeted by police monitoring.
By AARON DORFMAN
Contributor
Parkinson’s Researcher Says Feud With Fox Fund Delays Drug Trial
A clinical trial for a promising new treatment for Parkinson’s disease is in limbo amid a dispute between Georgetown University scientists and the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the most prominent Parkinson’s charity, health-news site Stat reports.
Book Details Foundation Influence on Obama Education Policy
Built on a researcher’s extensive interviews with insiders at the Gates, Broad, Ford, and Kellogg foundations, Policy Patrons reveals how the big grant makers operate in the spheres of advocacy and policy and helped shape the Education Department’s agenda, according to The Washington Post.
Mission Focus Can Put Pay Squeeze on Nonprofit Employees
In light of new federal regulations expanding eligibility for overtime pay — and many charities’ opposition to the changes — The Atlantic magazine looks at the forces putting pressure on nonprofit workers to put in longer hours for less money.
Charities Rethink S. Sudan Missions After Aid Workers Raped
The assault on international relief workers by government troops amid fierce fighting in South Sudan’s capital marked a turning point in humanitarian groups’ assessment of the risk to staff in the war-riven country, according to NPR.
A Tech Solution Helps a Busy Charity’s Clients Find Help
Action for Boston Community Development built a computer system to make it easier to navigate its wide variety of social services and locations.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Burt’s Bees Founder Donates Maine Land for Preservation
Conservationist and natural-cosmetics entrepreneur Roxanne Quimby has formally ceded ownership of 87,500 acres in rural Maine from her charitable foundation to the federal government, which is considering a controversial proposal to designate the property a national monument, writes the Associated Press.
Clinton Met With Scores of Donors to Foundation While at State
More than half of the 154 people from outside government with whom Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met while serving as secretary of state were donors to her family’s charity, the Associated Press reports, citing State Department calendars from her tenure.
A Fellowship Program Creates Paths to Boosting Diversity at Foundations
By introducing professionals of color to work in the field, a regional network of grant makers aims to make philanthropy more inclusive and effective.
By Shin Yu Pai
Contributor
Red Cross Flood Response in La. Raises Volunteers’ Ire
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’s office said the state may “re-evaluate” its partnership with the American Red Cross following complaints from people attempting to volunteer and donate materials for flood victims, according to Baton Rouge newspaper The Advocate.
To Make Program Evaluation More Affordable, Start With Existing Data
Information that is available to the public and free — like crime records and medical statistics — can form the baseline for nonprofit program measurement.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Network of Minorities Urges Foundations to Look in the Mirror
The newly renamed Change Philanthropy is working to make staffs, boards, and grant making more inclusive.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Michael Bloomberg Joins U.N. Agency as Health Ambassador
As the World Health Organization’s honorary global ambassador for noncommunicable diseases, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-New York mayor will mobilize support for efforts to reduce deaths linked to causes such as smoking, obesity, and road accidents, the Associated Press reports.
Documents Show Soros Plan to Back Groups Critical of Israel
Leaked papers from billionaire financier and liberal donor George Soros’s Open Society Foundations outline a plan to finance Israeli and Palestinian human-rights groups as part of an effort to “hold Israel accountable” for alleged violations of international law but keep the philanthropy’s advocacy quiet, a Bloomberg columnist writes.
Arab-American Charity Loses Suit Over Bank-Account Closure
A federal jury decided Tuesday in favor of Bank of America in a case brought by Michigan-based aid charity Life for Relief and Development after the bank closed its account, reports the Detroit Free Press.