Daily News Roundup: College Endowment to Divest From Companies That Deny Climate Change
Also, more nonprofit leaders are paying their leaders seven figures or more, and museums are seeing surge in donations of art from baby boomers.
Daily News Roundup: Judge Orders Harvard to Turn Over Donor Information
The federal-court ruling entangles the university in the hunt for a wealthy alumnus’s assets as part of international finance case. Also, the FBI makes an arrest in the wave of recent bomb threats targeting Jewish nonprofits, and a network of Christian denominations mobilizes to fight President Trump’s immigration orders.
Daily News Roundup: Disease Charities Get Big Money From Big Pharma
New research finds that more than 80 percent of the biggest patient-advocacy nonprofits receive funding from drug and medical-device firms. Also, populist leaders in Central and Eastern Europe are cracking down on pro-democracy groups associated with billionaire donor George Soros.
Arts Leaders Aim to Take Action to Stem Cuts to Arts and Humanities Endowments
Arts leaders have been anxious about reductions in federal funding before but worry they are more likely under the Trump administration.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: NYC Plans Big Increase in Homeless Shelters
Also, Jewish nonprofits are hit by another wave of bomb threats, and Harvard’s investment chief shakes up management of the world’s wealthiest endowment.
Daily News Roundup: Major AIDS Charity Draws Fire for Political Spending
Critics say the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is straying from its mission by using its resources on a campaign to limit property development in Los Angeles. Also, Israel denies a work visa for a human-rights nonprofit’s researcher.
Deep Well of Angst Over Trump Policies Rouses Volunteers to Aid Nonprofit
How one immigrant-rights group is building a volunteer team to tap into anger over the president’s policies.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jill Biden Joins Save the Children as Board Chair
Also, a Maine grant maker will contribute millions to reducing college debts for graduates who commit to working in the state, and the Supreme Court says a Tea Party group can’t sue individual IRS officials over scrutiny of its bid for tax-exempt status.
Daily News Roundup: Jewish Nonprofits Hit by New Round of Bomb Threats
Also, Florida’s governor targets nonprofit hospitals in a push to cut state health-care spending, and philanthropic heavy hitters in New York enter the immigration fray.
NEA and AmeriCorps Among Programs on White House Budget Hit List
Several federal programs with significant nonprofit constituencies are among nine targeted for elimination by President Trump’s budget office, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times.
Daily News Roundup: Bob Jones University Regains Charity Status
The Christian college’s tax exemption was reinstated 17 years after it revoked a ban on interracial dating that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision. Also, a British building magnate donates a nearly $260 million business stake to his foundation.
Daily News Roundup: USC Boosts Campaign Goal to $9 Billion
Also, a leading resettlement charity cuts jobs and closes offices as the Trump administration moves to curb refugee admissions, and a snack-bar mogul pledges $25 million to monitor food-industry industry influence on health policy.
Daily News Roundup: What Makes a Charity Campaign Go Viral?
A University of Cambridge study examines key characteristics of breakout fundraising and awareness efforts like the ice-bucket challenge. Also, a major science publisher reaches an agreement with the Gates Foundation on “open access” research.
Daily News Roundup: Bill and Melinda Gates Urge U.S. Commitment to Foreign Aid
The couple’s annual letter, styled this year as a report to Warren Buffett, touts gains that aid funding has achieved in combating poverty and disease. Also, the Rockefeller Foundation brings its focus on building communities’ resilience to a digital news site.
Daily News Roundup: Dana-Farber to Eschew ‘Controversial’ Fundraising Venues
Also, the NRA’s leader gets a $3.7 million compensation bump, and a tiny New York State college schools the Ivy League on endowment investing.
Daily News Roundup: Salvation Army to Pay Millions in Pa. Thrift-Store Collapse
Also, the Red Cross suspends aid work in Afghanistan after six employees are killed in an ambush by suspected militants, and a fight over the use of Audrey Hepburn’s image and effects for charity lands in court.