2 New Marketplaces Bring Impact Investors and Products Together
The services aim to expand mission investing by helping funds and enterprises raise capital faster and more efficiently.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: New Amazon Building Will Include Homeless Shelter
The tech giant will give over part of a structure in its planned office campus in downtown Seattle to a homelessness charity. Also, an Illinois appeals court rules that a public college’s fundraising foundation is subject to open-records laws.
Daily News Roundup: Houston Tries to Steer ‘Spare Change’ to Homelessness Charity
A City Hall-led campaign encourages people to pass up panhandlers in favor of supporting a charitable housing fund. Also, a look at the state of local nonprofit newsrooms and an accountant’s view of a major New York charity’s fiscal meltdown.
Facebook and Twitter are important, but the Women’s Marches and other activist campaigns prove that an older form of electronic technology still has power to motivate followers, says Brian Young of Action Network.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Free Tool Helps Nonprofits Draw More Social-Media Fans
Facebook’s CrowdTangle tracks the performance of all an organization’s social-media accounts, and savvy nonprofits can use the data to boost fundraising.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Following 2016 Tech Troubles, Kimbia Expects a Smaller Give Local Day
Giving where you live remains the focus, but one year after Kimbia’s major technology failure the scope of the event has shifted, with some community foundations switching to different dates or other tech providers.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Steve Ballmer Launches Online Trove of Government Data
Also, the White House sends up a trial ballon on capping the charitable deduction, and Sheryl Sandberg’s workplace-equality nonprofit Lean In faces criticism for staying neutral as more professional women protest Trump policies.
Daily News Roundup: Universities Pushing Back on Endowment Scrutiny
As Congress weighs restrictions on tax exemptions for endowments, well-heeled colleges are adding the issue to their lobbying agenda. Also, how technology unduly dominates a surge in education aid for displaced Syrian children.
Daily News Roundup: Modern Master Robert Ryman Donates Art Trove to Dia Foundation
Also, the European Union weighs legal action over Hungary’s targeting of George Soros-backed nonprofits, and a business professor calls for limiting the charitable tax deduction to gifts to “efficient” nonprofits.
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Starts Website to Help People Facing Adversity
The Facebook COO’s project provides information on coping with sexual assault, divorce, violence, health problems, incarceration, and other issues.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Former Feed the Children CEO Sues Over Ouster
A former congressman alleges he was fired by the anti-hunger charity after 10 months on the job for reporting irregularities to Oklahoma’s attorney general. Also, a look at how big Silicon Valley companies are redefining corporate social responsibility.
How Today’s Stars Are Raising Charitable Dollars Online
Several for-profit companies are making it easy for nonprofits big and small to connect with celebrities to raise money. But there are pitfalls, and it’s often not clear who benefits the most.
Several for-profit companies are making it easy for nonprofits to connect with A-list celebrities for digital campaigns. But there are pitfalls, and it’s often not clear who benefits the most.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Facebook and Foundations Team for News Project
The $14 million venture will back efforts to help people make informed judgments about what they read online. Also, a foundation fires the law firm it shared with President Trump, and a look at how Rockefeller heirs are taking the reins of the family’s philanthropy.
Daily News Roundup: U. of Louisville Foundation Halts Controversial Compensation Plan
Also, a new tech platform is becoming the favored tool of the anti-Trump movement, and the American Civil Liberties Union is helping to fuel grass-roots advocacy.
Keeping Real-World Bias Out of Artificial Intelligence Will Take Work, Speaker Tells Conference
Gender and racial biases can distort data and even affect things like facial-recognition software, according to a robotics intern at HP Labs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor