Trump Says IRS Audit Is Preventing Release of His Returns
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, under pressure from GOP rivals to make his tax returns public to back up claims about his net worth and philanthropy, said Thursday that he has been blocked from doing so by an Internal Revenue Service audit, CBS News reports.
Ex-N.Y. Council Leader Embraces New Role Serving Homeless
The Wall Street Journal writes about former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s transition to leading WIN, a charity that operates 11 shelters for homeless families in the city.
Opinion: Public Pays Price for Knight’s Stanford Largesse
Phil Knight’s $400 million gift to fund Stanford University graduate-school scholarships “should reignite a dormant debate” over the cost to taxpayers of elite colleges’ burgeoning endowments and massive philanthropic support, a Los Angeles Times columnist writes.
N.J. Towns Line Up to Challenge Hospitals’ Tax Exemptions
A dozen municipalities across New Jersey are seeking to collect taxes from nonprofit hospitals in the wake of a court ruling last year that resulted in one town securing a $15.5 million tax payment, NJ Advance Media reports.
Aid Charities Say Anti-Terror Laws Hampering Help to Syria
Western countries’ counterterrorism laws, particularly those aimed at interrupting financial flows to jihadist groups, are making it harder for charities to deliver food, medicine, and other vital supplies in militant-held parts of Syria, according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Independent Sector CEO Praised as Data Savvy and Collaborative
A one-time Catholic research fellow, Dan Cardinali represents a pivot in leadership for Independent Sector.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
N.Y. Charities Find Government Contracts Don’t Cover Costs
With the collapse last year of a large and mostly taxpayer-funded New York City charity, other area nonprofits are growing wary of the financial squeeze that can come with relying primarily on government human-services contracts, The Wall Street Journal reports.
U. of Buffalo Faculty Question Campus Foundation’s Spending
The University of Buffalo Foundation plows nearly 40 percent of its spending into salaries for its own staff and university employees, compared to about 7 percent for student scholarships, The Buffalo News reports, citing an analysis by a campus faculty organization.
N.Y. Watchdog Seeks Review of de Blasio Ties to Nonprofits
A government watchdog group has filed a complaint with New York City elections officials requesting an inquiry into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s relationship with nonprofits backing his administration’s agenda, The New York Times reports.
Impact Investing Might Help Nonprofits Overseas Asphyxiated by Their Governments
As governments like Russia and China cut off charitable support from the United States and elsewhere, nonprofits might benefit from donors’ growing interest in blending investments and social-good work.
By EDWIN REKOSH
Contributor
Chicago Catholic Charities Seeks Budget Push From Pews
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is calling on priests and congregants to press Illinois legislators to resolve a monthslong budget impasse that has left the state owing more than $25 million to the nonprofit, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Backlash to Planned Parenthood Study Forces Tex. Official to Resign
The Susan T. Buffet Foundation, which supports Planned Parenthood, funded the study, which was conducted in part by a state health official on taxpayer time, the Associated Press reports.
Atlanta Appeals Courts Backs Obamacare Contraceptive Rule
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Obama administration Thursday in another court test of faith charities’ objection to the Affordable Care Act provision, the Associated Press reports.
Charity Wants Independent Inquiry on Syria Hospital Strike
Doctors Without Borders called Thursday for an independent investigation into the missile attack earlier this week that killed 25 people at a hospital the global aid group supported in northern Syria, Reuters writes.
Chicago Says Museum Battle Has Lucas Eyeing Other Cities
A lawyer for the City of Chicago raised alarms in federal court Wednesday that the city could lose movie mogul George Lucas’s planned $300 million museum as a legal fight over the project stretches on, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times report.
N.J. Slashes Charity-Care Budget as Ranks of Insured Grow
Gov. Chris Christie unveiled a proposed state budget Tuesday that would reduce spending on charity medical treatment by 30 percent, from $502 million to $352 million, NJ Spotlight and The Wall Street Journal report.