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.
Daily News Roundup: Owner of Annapolis Paper Creates Fund for Mass-Shooting Victims and Families
A family foundation will match the company’s donations up to $1 million. Also, infighting is roiling New York’s Lincoln Center over priorities; a look at the ACLU’s war on Trump and a detailed comparison of the Trump and Clinton foundations; UC-Irvine professor and $10 million donor resigns over sexual harassment allegations; and more.
Daily News Roundup: Online Fundraising Will Aid Shooting Victims at Md. Newspaper
A GoFundMe campaign is quickly building to the $70,000 goal. In other articles, a Columbia University student who fought sexual violence now faces child sex-crime charges; an opinion piece pins the Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s troubles on greed; the Space Foundation counters a lawsuit by Buzz Aldrin; a nonprofit sets up a hotline to reunite immigrant families; the Philadelphia History Museum will close after a partnership collapses; and more on migrants, nonprofits, giving, and arts and culture.
Sexual Harassment of Female Interns Is Widespread, Study Finds
More than 80 percent know someone who has been harassed, and half experienced it themselves, according to the study from the B.A. Rudolph Foundation.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Leadership Changes at Commonfund and FSG; Make-a-Wish America CEO Departing
Also, actor and comedian Seth Rogen’s nonprofit, Hilarity for Charity, has named its first executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New CEOs Named at Taproot and de Beaumont Foundations
Also, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund names a new president, and the Kinder Foundation reshuffles its parks-program leadership.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Deepak Bhargava Exits Center for Community Change; New CEO at Sixty and Better
Also, the Council on Foundations creates a new role to advance racial equity in grant making, and the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center gets a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Independent Sector Staff Looks to Unionize
CEO Dan Cardinali said Tuesday that next steps are unclear because he doesn’t know enough yet about what the employees want.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
New Chiefs Promoted at Mary Black and Honolulu Biennial Foundations
Also, Friends of the Children adds fresh leadership in New York and Los Angeles, and the Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott has died at age 106.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions