Google Critic Reportedly Linked to Gates- and Hewlett-Funded Nonprofit
Click here for a correction and update of this post based on new reporting by SiliconBeat. The Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog nonprofit that has issued harsh reports on Google’s ties to federal agencies and policy making, is affiliated with a charitable fund that receives significant financial backing from the two big grant makers, according to tech-news site SiliconBeat.
Affordable Housing Reportedly on Chan-Zuckerberg Agenda
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s philanthropy organization is meeting with local experts to lay the groundwork to address a Bay Area housing crisis many in the region attribute to the influx of Silicon Valley wealth, Endgadget writes, citing reporting by another tech-news site, The Information.
Exercise App Looks to Help Charities Cash in on Pokémon Go
As the wildly popular mobile game sends millions of Americans in search of virtual creatures, an application that lets users raise money for causes as they walk, run, or bike is seeking to turn Pokémon-related trekking into donation dollars, The Huffington Post writes.
Pokémon Go Craze Bringing Visitors to Major Museums
Many prominent cultural institutions are seeing greater foot traffic as a result of being integrated into the wildly popular mobile game, but the U.S. Holocaust Museum is asking visitors to refrain from playing within its walls, art-news site Hyperallergic and The Washington Post write.
Opinion: Nonprofit’s Work Showcases Value of Job Training
Programs to arm Americans with the skills prized in today’s job market would do more to improve workers’ prospects than political promises to revamp trade deals, a New York Times business columnist writes in a piece highlighting the work of nonprofit training group Per Scholas.
Data Plus Dance Produces Record Season for Boston Ballet
The 53-year-old troupe is crediting data- and digital-driven improvements to its ticketing and marketing techniques for record revenues and its best attendance figures in more than a decade, writes The Boston Globe.
Apple and Google Intrigued by Upstart Nonprofit’s Effort to Diversify Tech Field
Laura Weidman Powers is expanding a nonprofit — with support from some giant companies — that helps people of color move beyond internships.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
160 Million Americans Will Soon Be Able to Raise Money for Charity on Facebook
A new tool will let users create dedicated pages to run fundraising campaigns with photos, videos, and write-ups introducing friends and relatives to nonprofits they like.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Tech Money Gets Behind ‘Accelerator’ for Nonprofit Startups
Fast Forward, which assists nonprofits developing products and data analytics to address social problems, has drawn $1.25 million in philanthropic funding from a roster of tech and venture-capital heavyweights that includes Google.org and the Omidyar Network, TechCrunch writes.
PayPal Adding Donation Option to Its Mobile App
Responding to the rapid growth in mobile giving, the digital-payments firm is updating its mobile application to include a button that allows users to make charitable gifts within the app, TechCrunch writes.
Clinton Foundation Reportedly Targeted by Russian Hackers
The organization’s computer network was breached as part of what authorities suspect is a concerted pre-election attack by Kremlin-allied hackers on U.S. entities with political ties, Bloomberg writes, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Facebook Stock Move Key to Chan-Zuckerberg Project Gets OK
Facebook investors approved a proposal Monday to create a new class of nonvoting shares that will allow CEO Mark Zuckerberg to retain control of the social-media company while plowing much of his stock into a philanthropic venture, Reuters reports.
3 Leading Met Museum Officials Exit Amid Budget Crunch
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first chief digital officer is among those departing as the institution begins a staff winnowing to tackle persistent red ink, reports to The New York Times.
Crisis Text Line Gets $23.8 Million to Expand
The counseling nonprofit is taking a page from Silicon Valley with unrestricted funding aimed at fueling rapid growth.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
African Tech Firm Draws Chan-Zuckerberg Fund’s 1st Big Investment
The philanthropic entity established by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is leading a $24 million financing round for Andela, a Nigerian company that trains software engineers and places them with major technology firms, according to Quartz.
Crowdfunding Sites Teem With Drives for Orlando Victims
GoFundMe alone is hosting more than 100 fundraising campaigns connected to Sunday’s mass shooting, Slate writes.