Opinion: Assessing Think Tanks’ Big-Business Ties
A Tufts University professor and think-tank scholar examines The New York Times’s recent reporting on nonprofit policy institutes’ relationships with corporations in an online Washington Post commentary.
Faith-Based Tenn. Housing Group Faces Federal Investigation
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the Memphis-based Global Ministries Foundation’s use of city financing to buy federally subsidized apartment complexes that have drawn scrutiny for their poor living conditions, according to The Commercial Appeal.
Opinion: Why Philanthropy Needs to Embrace ‘Black Rage’
A Baltimore nonprofit leader argues in an essay on Medium that grant makers and nonprofits urgently need to reflect, and act upon, the anger in communities of color over inequality and racial violence.
Ga.-Based Global Health Charity Wins $2 Million Hilton Prize
The Task Force for Global Health, which has led collaborative efforts to tackle large-scale health issues affecting people in poverty, has been awarded the 2016 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced Tuesday.
Ala. Charity’s Ex-CFO Gets 17 Years in $11 Million Fraud
Terri McGuire Mollica was also ordered to forfeit nearly $2 million in proceeds she received from the scheme to divert millions from a pair of Alabama community-health centers to their chief executive, reports The Birmingham News.
Community Foundations Pursue Impact Investments to Build Local Economies
Case studies show community grant makers investing some assets in local enterprises, rather than on Wall Street, to achieve both social and financial returns.
By CATHERINE COVINGTON
Contributor
Israel Links Save the Children and U.N. Aid Workers to Hamas
A Palestinian employee of the United Nations Development Program was indicted Tuesday on charges of assisting Hamas, and a Save the Children aid worker has also come under suspicion as part of Israeli authorities’ investigation of alleged ties between aid groups and Gaza militants, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse report.
Watchdog Group Says Trump Charity Mixed Giving and Politics
The left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called Monday for the Internal Revenue Service to review the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s tax-exempt status, claiming involvement by the charity in its founder’s presidential campaign, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post report.
How to Find More Details on Charity Finances, Salaries, and Leadership
Where to find charities’ tax documents and other information.
How to Find a Charity’s Staff and Volunteers
Where to find information on a charity’s employees, officials, and others.
Mining the 990: A Guide to Gleaning Key Data From Charities’ Tax Forms
A quick reference to find important information on nonprofit groups from the forms they’re required to file with the Internal Revenue Service.
How to Find a Charity’s Assets, Liabilities, Other Financials, and Accounting Information
Where to find information on a charity’s total assets, donor-advised funds, endowments, and more.
How to Find a Charity’s Status, Mission, Programs, and Structure
Where to find information on a charity’s programs, local chapters, related information and more.
How to Find a Charity’s Compensation
Where to find information on the salaries and benefits for key employees.
How to Find a Charity’s Expenses
Where to find information on how much a charity spends on fundraising, compensation, and other expenses.
How to Find a Charity’s Fundraising
Where to find how much money a charity made through grants, noncash gifts, events, and more.