Mott Foundation Chooses Founder’s Great-Grandson as Next CEO (Transitions)
Also, the NEA Foundation named Sara Sneed as its new CEO, and Chad Griffin will step down from the Human Rights Campaign next year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Interview a Fundraising Job Candidate Who’s Not a Fundraiser
With far more development positions than people to fill them, some organizations are casting a net outside the field. Here’s how to vet a nontraditional candidate.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Goodwill Chooses Former HUD Secretary as CEO (Transitions)
Also, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco hires a new director, and Andrea Levere, president of Prosperity Now, will leave the group next year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New CEO at Annie E. Casey Foundation Launched Report on Racial Disparities
The grant maker promoted Lisa Hamilton to the top job. The recurring Race for Results report that she initiated in 2014 measures how children from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are faring on key milestones from birth to adulthood.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Open Society Foundations Selects New Head of U.S. Programs
Also, New York University names a new vice president for development, and the Council on Foundations hires a CEO.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
WNBA President Named CEO of Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund
Also, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy appoints a new chief, and Harvard installs its new head of fundraising.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gender Pay Gap Persists at Large Nonprofits and Shrinks at Smaller Ones, Study Shows
The annual report from GuideStar found that CEO compensation rose 4.9 percent for women and 8.9 percent for men at nonprofits with annual budgets exceeding $50 million.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
11% of Nonprofit Workers Say They’re Saving Enough for Retirement, Study Says
Seventy-five percent of those surveyed by TIAA said they work at a nonprofit to make a difference in people’s lives, not for compensation or achieving career goals.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Airbnb to Help People Displaced by Hurricane Florence Find Places to Stay
The company has activated its “response tool” so hosts can open their homes to people who have been evacuated and relief workers. Plus, St. John’s College has a philanthropy-centered plan to cut tuition; the president of Texas Tech talks about the loss of a $10 million gift; tech entrepreneurs are trying to make money while helping people do things like make down payments on new homes; and much more about big donors, philanthropy and government, and cultural groups.
Times Up Calls On CBS to Donate Les Moonves’s $120 Million Severance to Charity
The network previously announced it would donate $20 million to women’s organizations.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
CBS Will Donate $20 Million to Support #MeToo in Wake of CEO Scandal
Les Moonves resigned Sunday after sexual-harassment allegations by several women.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Job Growth at Nonprofits Is 3 Times as Much as at For-Profits
Nonprofit wages topped $638 billion in 2016, the third largest of any sector in America, according a new study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Surdna Foundation Taps Ford Foundation Alumnus as President
Also, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland promotes a new leader from within, and the Smithsonian selects its next director of the Sackler and Freer art galleries.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
2 Universities Start Research Efforts to Study Diversity and Philanthropy
The new projects at Indiana and Grand Valley State universities seek to provide more research and insights about how charities and foundations can be become more inclusive.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Mercy Corps Hires New Top Fundraiser; Gerry Lenfest Dies at 88
Also, the Berkshire Museum shakes up its leadership following the controversial decision to sell some of its art collection.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: Fidelity’s New Female Chief Is Intensely Private — and a Big Philanthropist
A generous but anonymous supporter of charities, Abby Johnson aims to remake the finanial services company she took over from her father. Also, museums seek to cultivate more curators of color; it’s harder than you think to return tainted donations; and storm-ravaged Puerto Rico gets water relief from an unlikely duo.