Daily News Roundup: Major Nonprofit Hospitals Spend Millions on Advertising
Also, media mogul and $500 million art donor Jerry Perenchio dies, and a new app aims to harness President Trump’s Twitter habit to raise money for progressive causes.
Wounded Warrior Project Chided in Senate Report
The oversight memo released by Sen. Charles Grassley takes the charity to task for “inappropriate” spending and attacks its use of a common practice the IRS condones — counting some fundraising appeals as program costs.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Trump Budget Sets 2018 Cutoff for Public-Service Loan Forgiveness
Nonprofit employees already eligible for the federal student-debt relief are safe, but the White House wants to terminate the program next year.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Chicago Family Gives $100 Million for Immune-System Research
Also, medical groups say President Trump’s proposed cuts in HIV/AIDS funding could cause the virus to surge again in Africa, and the head of the Conrad Prebys Foundation sues trustees over a payment to the late San Diego philanthropist’s son.
Nonprofits Unleash Rapid Response to Details of Trump Budget Cuts
Charities were prepared for the deep spending reductions in President Trump’s budget plan, responding with a flurry of activities designed to ensure that members of Congress will hear their side of the story.
By Alex Daniels, Timothy Sandoval and Megan O’Neil
Trump Budget Update: News From Elsewhere Online
The spending plan aims to radically transform aid to poor people, but it will be a tough sell in Congress.
Daily News Roundup: Michael Bloomberg Tops Giving List
Town & Country magazine’s philanthorpy issue spotlights the billionaire media mogul’s work to combat climate change. Also, nonprofit leaders discuss how the Trump administration will change philanthropy, and an embezzlement trial begins for the head of a now-defunct Chicago charity.
Nonprofits Brace for Proposed Cuts to Medicaid and Food Aid
Early details of President Trump’s 2018 spending plan to be released Tuesday suggest deep cuts to social programs — cuts that Congress has already shown a strong desire to resist. The Chronicle will continue to update this article as news about the budget becomes available.
By Alex Daniels and Timothy Sandoval
Daily News Roundup: Carl Icahn Borrows $100 Million From His Own Charity
Former first ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton press for a women’s history museum, and a study finds that Department of Education grants have been mismanaged.
New Tool Outlines Changes to States’ Charity Regulations
The annual survey by the Giving USA Foundation offers a state-by-state overview of the regulations governing registration and fundraising.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Aims to End Public-Service Loan Forgiveness
The president’s proposed education budget would eliminate a program offering student-debt relief for hundreds of thousands of people in nonprofit and government jobs and give big boosts to charter and private schools.
GOP Tax Plan Would Reduce Giving by $13 Billion, Study Finds
The major tax proposals being considered keep the charitable deduction, but other possible changes could negatively affect giving.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches College-Access Effort
Also, a profile of the conservative Bradley Foundation’s recently installed president and a look at charities’ under-the-radar efforts to circumvent Venezuela’s ban on outside humanitarian aid.
Daily News Roundup: Hillary Clinton Starts Political-Action Nonprofit
Also, the Trump administration expands the antiabortion “gag rule” on U.S. funding for global health programs, and the Obama Foundation reports ramped-up fundraising and hires a program chief.
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Refugee Crackdown Hits Resettlement Charities’ Budgets
Also, nonprofits that hold galas at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate have reported a fundraising boost at events since the election, and the foundation building Barack Obama’s presidential library opts out of traditional federal support for such institutions.
Daily News Roundup: Mormon Church to Stop Participating in Some Boy Scouts Programs
The church will no longer be formally involved in programs for youths ages 14 and older. Also, the United States has been giving foreign aid to a group deemed a cult, and the California State Board of Education votes to close two charter schools.