FLiP News Digest

Around the FLiP “water cooler” here in midtown Manhattan, we've been discussing features we can add to the FLiP site. Because we ourselves are FLiPs, we’re just trying to come up with features that we would love to use. Our conversations often wrap around to the fact that we’d like an easy way to keep up-to-date with industry news. So starting today we will be posting the latest relevant philanthropic news, in digest form, on Thursday evening.

Choosing the right stories certainly isn't a science, so if you have any suggestions for stories we’re missing, or if you have any ideas for features you’d like to see added, please let us know by posting a comment or e-mailing us at flip@onphilanthropy.com.

August 3, 2006

With Hire, Charity Sets Course
Source:  San Jose Mercury News, 9:15 AM

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation introduced its first chief executive officer on Wednesday, signaling the bold direction that the fledgling philanthropy giant is expected to take.
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Full Circle of Leavitts' Charity Cash Bugs Critics
Source:  The Salt Lake Tribune, 9:20 AM

Some members of a Utah foundation board were and remain troubled about a deal with the politically powerful Leavitt family that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax-deductible donations flowing back to the Leavitts in the form of student rent.
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August 2, 2006

Nike Founder’s Record Gift to Business School
Source:  Bloomberg News, 8:45 AM

Philip H. Knight, the founder and chairman of Nike, has pledged $105 million to help build a new campus for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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San Francisco Mayor Asks City Residents to Volunteer for a Day
Source:  Associated Press, 8:50 AM

Mayor Gavin Newsom is asking all city residents to spend a day volunteering, whether it's working with the homeless or helping plant trees.
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August 1, 2006

Arts Funds in Limbo Downtown After Demise of Lower Manhattan Development Agency
Source:  New York Times, 9:07 AM

The dissolution of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the agency responsible for rebuilding downtown, has left cultural groups wondering whether a government entity with teeth will emerge to ensure that the arts have a place in the neighborhood.
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