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December 15, 2008

News Briefing: Madoff Arrest Forces Nonprofit’s Closing, Stirs Worry at Others

  • Arts organizations around Long Island try to cut spending and replace income with creative fundraisers.  [New York Times]
  • Nonprofits around the nation brace for fallout following the arrest of New York money manager Bernard Madoff.  [Bloomberg]
  • A report from the National Endowment for the Arts indicates vulnerability for new theatrical organizations.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:01 AM in Accountability, Arts, Finance | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

December 08, 2008

News Briefing: Laws Seek to Counter Clothing-Bin Fraud

  • The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles needs to raise roughly $25 million.  [New York Times]
  • An increasing number of for-profit companies claiming to be charities are collecting donated clothes to sell.  [New York Times]
  • Hundreds of legal aid organizations nationwide face losing a significant amount of their operating money.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:19 AM in Accountability, Arts | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 24, 2008

News Briefing: New Way To Rate Charities Sought

  • Eli Broad offers $30 million to help rescue the Museum of Contemporary Art if the museum's trustees also increase their donations.  [New York Times]
  • Several of the country's highest-paid university presidents announce that they will give back part of their pay or forgo their raises.  [New York Times]
  • Jurors begin eighth day of deliberations in the retrial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.  [Associated Press]
  • Majority of wealthy households who stop giving to nonprofits attribute the change to 'no longer feeling connected to the organization."  [Boston Globe]
  • An alliance of prominent philanthropists and entrepreneurs is developing a rating system to help donors better evaluate charities.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 10:06 AM in Accountability, Arts, Education, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 14, 2008

News Briefing: Ex-Official of Diabetes Foundation Is Indicted in Theft

  • A former official of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation led a false invoicing scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $1 million from the organization.  [New York Times]
  • The former director of a Brooklyn nonprofit is arrested on charges that he stole more than $500,000 in federal aid.  [New York Times]
  • A Winchester man reaches a deal with Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley Battlesfield Foundation to sell some of his family's land.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 10:42 AM in Accountability, Healthcare, International, Terrorism | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

October 24, 2008

News Briefing: U.S. Endowments Grow Wary but See Opportunities

  • Acorn's registration numbers were wildly exaggerated.  [New York Times]
  • A U.N. report finds that North Korea is facing its worst food crisis in a decade.  [New York Times]
  • The Washington region's network of nonprofits is ill-prepared to respond to a natural disaster.  [Washington Post]
  • A prominent British architect is selected for renovation of the New York Public Library.  [New York Times]
  • Money managers are staying the course as they ride out the economic storm, according to industry insiders.  [Reuters]

Posted at 10:12 AM in Accountability, Arts, Disasters, Economics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 14, 2008

News Briefing: For This Generation, Vocations of Service

  • Recent college graduates forgo traditional careers to start nonprofits that are focused on outreach.  [Washington Post]
  • Report encourages more partnerships and mergers among Long Island nonprofits.  [Newsday]
  • Bob Dole and George McGovern will receive the World Food Prize for their efforts to curb hunger in the world.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:35 AM in Accountability, Education | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 07, 2008

News Briefing: In Tight Times, Many Nonprofits Feel the Pinch as Contributions Dwindle

  • Nonprofits begin to feel the pinch as contributions dwindle.  [New York Times]
  • The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum plans to begin work on the renovation and expansion of its ornate Fifth Avenue mansion.  [New York Times]
  • A Washington area nonprofit group has returned $500,000 in public money after an audit.  [Washington Post]
  • A new generation of Americans is transforming the face of giving in the U.S.  [USA Today]

Posted at 10:15 AM in Accountability, Fundraising, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 15, 2008

News Briefing: Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean Visit Haiti City in Ruins

  • "Fruit philanthropists" voluntarily harvest surplus fruit and donate it to food banks, centers for the elderly, and other nonprofits in the Berkeley area.  [New York Times]
  • Twenty-one Indonesians die in small town after beign trampled outside the gates of a wealthy family's home.  [New York Times]
  • New York City Council standards committee to discuss requiring board members of nonprofits to submit long and detailed financial disclosures.  [New York Times]
  • Two kidnapped employees of the World Food Program are released; 11 aid workers still remain in captivity in Somalia.  [Associated Press]
  • Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean visit Haitian city after storms submerge parts of the country.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 09:47 AM in Accountability, Disasters, Human Rights, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 12, 2008

News Briefing: Museum of History Unveils Its Future

  • The Museum of the City of New York completes the first phase of its building project.  [New York Times]
  • Alumni, parents, and students in Mount Vernon raise money to keep its high school's fall lineup of varsity and junior varsity sports, which had been eliminated during budget cuts.  [New York Times]
  • Federal agents investigate a New Orleans nonprofit with faulty records.  [Associated Press]
  • A new breed of charities allows donors to browse descriptions of specific projects online before funding them.  [Wall Street Journal]
  • The World Food Programme will provide $214 million in food assistance to 16 impoverished areas.  [Associated Press]
  • Twenty-two groups boycott Ben Stiller's 'Tropic Thunder' for its portrayal of disabled people.  [ABC News]

Posted at 10:04 AM in Accountability, Celebrities, International, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 29, 2008

News Briefing: Amnesty Slams China's Broken Olympics Promises

  • Amnesty International slams China for failing to honor its Olympic human rights pledges.  [Reuters]
  • Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is one target of a Senate Finance Committee investigation into allegations of questionable spending.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 11:35 AM in Accountability, Human Rights, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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