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.
Also, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science welcomes a new CEO, and the head of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will step down next summer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Former Chicago Community Trust CEO Heads to Atlanta; College Success Foundation Gets New Leader
Also, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation intends to leave at the end of the year, and the billionaire North Carolina philanthropist C.D. Spangler has died at age 86.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
U.N. Foundation Names Head of Girls and Women Strategy; New CFO at Gates
Also, the Environmental Defense Fund adds a new leader for its oceans program, and Jane Chu, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, joins PBS.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
CEOs See Value in Diversity, but Their Nonprofits Fall Far Short, Survey Shows
The study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy also found that nonprofit hiring practices are not doing enough to help achieve diversity goals.
By Alex Daniels
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
Center for Community Change Elevates New President; Education Leader Departs Chan Zuckerberg
In other personnel moves, the CEO of LIFT and the president of Girls Incorporated will step down next year, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health appoints a new chief, and the Commonfund makes more staffing moves.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: Judge Orders FEMA Aid Extension for Puerto Rican Storm Evacuees
Plus, a look at the Christian legal nonprofit that keeps winning at the Supreme Court; emails suggest improper fundraising by Missouri governor who recently resigned; a look at efforts to help revive local journalism; commentator says the Trump Foundation case could force the president to release his tax returns; Arkansas to cut hundreds of health-care jobs; charity’s nuns in India arrested for baby-selling; and more.