Daily News Roundup: Dumpster-Diving Samaritans Face Charges in Pa.
The two men were arrested while scouring commercial trash containers for food to give to the homeless. Also, Facebook investors allege collusion in a stock move that aided Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic ambitions.
Independent Sector Lays Off One-Quarter of Its Staff
Financial pressures and a desire to focus on technology, globalization, and other changes affecting nonprofits led to a major restructuring.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Selling Social Change Requires Borrowing From Business
Nonprofits can’t just wait for people to show up to take advantage of programs that will improve their lives; they need to treat clients as potential buyers.
By Matt Plummer
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit Newsrooms Continue to See Surge in Giving
Also, a Christian conservative group gets in a fight with Connecticut’s comptroller over the state’s office charity drive, and two more billionaire donors join “big bet” philanthropy venture Blue Meridian Partners.
Daily News Roundup: Gun-Control Groups Find Advocates in ‘Big Law’
Also, a Chinese couple donates $115 million to Caltech to establish a neuroscience center and a look at how Judith Rodin reshaped the Rockefeller Foundation.
Oakland Fire Underscores Urgent Need for Legit Art Spaces, Nonprofit Leaders Say
Two Bay Area foundations had already readied a $1.7 million fund to assist artists and cultural organizations being squeezed by the area’s climbing rents.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Commits $360 Million More to Curb Smoking
Also, the number of private-college presidents pulling down $1 million-plus paychecks rises and a newspaper investigates spending by a San Francisco socialite’s disability charity.
Daily News Roundup: Koch-Backed Nonprofit Shaping Trump Plans for Veterans
Also, a small group of deep-pocketed donors upends medical-research traditions, and a senator calls on the president-elect to strengthen religious charities’ “conscience protection” in hiring.
Daily News Roundup: German Couple Donates $127 Million Art Trove
Also, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education chief talks to The Chronicle of Higher Education about its $45 billion aim to advance the science of learning.
Daily News Roundup: Big Cities Say They Will Fight Trump on Deportations
Also, federal authorities accuse an Oregon charity of helping people set up religious nonprofits to evade taxes, and “free-market philanthropy” rises in Silicon Valley.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Obama’s Expansion of Overtime Pay
A Texas court’s ruling on a suit brought by opponents of broadening time-and-a-half benefits puts in limbo the policy change that sparked a contentious debate among nonprofit employers.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Taps Philanthropist Betsy DeVos for Education Dept.
Also, the president-elect says he won’t press for a renewed investigation of the Clinton Foundation and Exxon Mobil accuses Rockefeller family charities of spearheading a climate conspiracy.
Daily News Roundup: Trump Foundation Appears to Admit Self-Dealing in IRS Form
Also, the president-elect affirmed that his charity will not help cover the $25 million settlement of lawsuits alleging fraud by his Trump University.
Daily News Roundup: Penn Fund Gives $100 Million for Philly Revitalization
Also, the Clinton Foundation could face renewed legal scrutiny by a Jeff Sessions-led Justice Department.
Gates Foundation to Match $500,000 in Giving Tuesday Donations Made on Facebook
The money will supplement dollars raised on users’ individual fundraising pages, a new feature added to the social network in June.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bill and Melinda Gatesto Get Presidential Medal of Freedom
Also, a Congressionally appointed panel calls for a national women’s history museum, and the election result fuels fundraising gains for big environmental groups.