Nonprofits Dragged Into Russian Efforts to Peddle Falsehoods on Twitter, Salvaged Data Shows
The Clinton Foundation appeared to be the most popular nonprofit topic for tweeting and retweeting by accounts tied to a disinformation campaign, appearing 622 times.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Conservative Donors Are Behind an Anti-Union Case
The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could let workers avoid paying fees. In other news, public radio stations are relaunching three local-news sites that had abruptly shut down; Silicon Valley Community Foundation isn’t saying why it assets grew by 65 percent last year; and more about community foundations and sexual misconduct and other news.
Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift Will Fuel Museum Expansion
In other news, college endowments are sticking with costly alternative investments, despite more lucrative options; another donor is withdrawing a multimillion-dollar pledge from the University of Louisville; Parkland High School students have raised $3.7 million for their anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives; Haiti has suspended Oxfam Britain over the sex scandal; a KIPP co-founder has been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct; and much more.
Podcast: Former Obama Official Discusses How to Create a Culture of Innovation
Sonal Shah, former President Obama’s director of social innovation and civic participation, now leads a center at Georgetown University that teaches methods of social change, with a heavy emphasis on data and technology.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Worth of Art Goes to Colby College
In other news, $50 million goes for a new heart institute, and another $50 million to a nonprofit encrypted messaging app; student gun-safety advocates get help from existing groups; how teens are trying to start an anti-gun-violence movement from their living rooms; hate groups remain on the rise; and much more.
This Grant Maker Pledged $17.5 Million to Address Diversity and Inclusion in Its Own Ranks
A disclosure about its staff diversity — required in Britain — made for some “uncomfortable reading,” according to the group’s director.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: High-School Shooting Survivors Receive Millions in Donations
Also, George Clooney, Oprah, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg have given to the student survivors’ March for Our Lives cause. In other news, a lesbian couple prohibited by charity from being foster parents have sued; Ford Foundation and Color of Change lead a list of most innovative nonprofits; for colleges, it’s now survival of the fittest; the #MeToo movement has shattered illusions about the nonprofit world; and much more about harassment and giving and other news.
Daily News Roundup: Oxfam Scandal and Nonprofit Oversight
Why aren’t nonprofit overseen like for-profits are? In other Oxfam articles, the charity released a report saying some suspects “physically threatened” witnesses; and the CEO is fighting to salvage the group’s reputation. In other articles, a famous Hawaiian school has paid $80 million after “decades of monstrous sexual abuse” by a psychiatrist; with a push from foundations, gifts to nonprofit news sites are soaring; and much more about giving and other news.
$10 Million From 9 Foundations Will Call Attention the Lack of Low-Cost Housing
Grant makers say it’s no longer enough to provide money to build homes, but they need instead to rally Americans behind ambitious new policies.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. State Charites Required to Disclose Big Charitable Donors, Court Rules
In other news, President Trump’s inaugural committee paid $26 million to Melania Trump’s adviser, leaving only $5 million for charity; 20 refugee resettlement offices are set to close and 40 others will cut back operations after the State Department ordered them to downsize; companies and nonprofits can post messages on Facebook’s ‘Community Help’ tool during a disaster; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Spending of ‘Ice-Bucket Challenge’ Money Criticized
A group of patients says the money should be spent with more urgency. In other news, Stephen Schwarzman is giving $25 million to his public high school; Betsy DeVos is donating her $200,000 salary to education and special-needs charities; disgraced Oxfam official left an earlier job over sex-worker allegations; ‘On Point’ radio host Tom Ashbrook has been fired; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Children’s Hospital Gets $60 Million
In other news, President Trump gave $100,000 of his salary for infrastructure projects; the Intel Foundation is donating $1 million to the International Rescue Committee to teach coding skills to refugees; charitable giving makes people more attractive to others, according to a study; the Oxfam scandal widens; the 50 best workplaces for charitable giving; and more.
Daily News Roundup: How Trump’s Budget Would Affect Nonprofits and the Poor
Poor Americans would be hardest hit. Also, the plan’s food-stamp replacement; its elimination of NEA, public TV, and other cultural groups; and a bipartisan “no” to cutting aid money. In other news, an Oxfam deputy resigns over how sex claims were handled, and a whistle-blower says the charity ignored concerns; drugmakers supported groups that pushed opioid use; fact-checking Matt Damon’s clean-water promise in a Super Bowl ad; and more.
Melinda and Bill Gates Take Aim at Trump and Hint at More U.S. Giving
The couple’s annual letter decries the president’s “America First’ approach and his behavior toward woman. It also signals more of a focus on domestic anti-poverty efforts.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Oxfam Admits Sexual Misconduct
Also, Oxfam is facing funding losses amid the growing crisis. Plus, two opinion pieces on Oxfam: Its obsession with public relations has hurt its mission; and its current troubles are no reason to cut foreign aid. In other news, Kenneth Cole is pushed out as amfAR chair over Weinstein controversy; Newman’s Own avoids major tax hit; and more news and leadership changes.
Daily News Roundup: Oxfam Staff Paid Haiti Earthquake Survivors for Sex
In other news, former employees of the Cato Institute describe years of sexual harassment; the pharmaceuticals industry used an anti-addiction ally in its opioid fight; only one charity that received money from a men-only fundraising dinner where hostesses were sexually harassed has made an effort to give back the money; plus more news, big gifts, and opinion and analysis articles.