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November 18, 2008

News Briefing: At Meeting, Smithsonian Practices New Openness

  • The Smithsonian Institution holds its first public board meeting as part of its new commitment to openness and accountability.  [New York Times]

  • The U.S. military hopes to undermine the roots of terrorism in Africa by building clinics, digging wells, inoculating cattle, and offering other services.  [Chicago Tribune]

  • Leaders of six nonprofits discuss what their organizations are doing to address the tough economic times.  [CNN]

November 10, 2008

News Briefing: UN Using Food Aid as Lever to Lift African Farmers

  • Gerard Mortier, who was to become director of New York City Opera in 2009, parts way with the board.  [New York Times]
  • The U.N.'s World Food Program will spend $1 billion buying food for the hungry this year, in an effort to stimulate farmers in developing countries to produce more.  [Associated Press]
  • A medical trial involving 16,000 children across Africa may start as early as next month.  [Associated Press]

September 02, 2008

News Briefing: Former Microsoft Exec is New Gates Foundation CEO

  • A London-based coalition launches funding scheme to address concerns about existing trade in carbon credits.  [Reuters]
  • North Korea needs $503 million in food aid between now and November 2009, according to the U.N. World Food Programme.  [Reuters]
  • A humanitarian aid flight carrying 17 people crashes in eastern Congo.  [Associated Press]
  • Google.org will convene African health, weather, insect, and climate experts in Nairobi to identify research gaps and opportunities for collaboration.  [New York Times]

July 21, 2008

News Briefing: Kenya Blocks Aid Work in Restive West

  • Kenyan armed forces block aid workers from helping homeless, hungry families caught between a militia and an army crackdown.  [Associated Press]
  • The Film of Society Lincoln Center gets a new executive director.  [New York Times]

July 14, 2008

News Briefing: Samueli's Guilty Plea a Ticklish Issue for Schools He Gave Millions To

  • Four aid workers in Somalia are held hostage.  [Reuters]
  • UCLA and UC Irvine must decide what to do about buildings named after a donor who plead guilty to a felony charge.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • Small businesses tie contributions to causes, believing strategy can boost profit.  [Los Angeles Times]

July 01, 2008

News Briefing: The Challenges of Running the Gates Foundation

  • Bill Gates talks with the Seattle Times about moving full time to the Gates Foundation.  [Seattle Times]
  • Five Italian charity workers are kidnapped by Somali gunmen.  [Reuters]
  • A Chinese businessman bids $2.11 million for lunch with Warren Buffett.  [Reuters]
  • (RED) announces a digital music service that will deliver exclusive content to customers; half of the fee will go to the Global Fund.  [New York Times]

June 26, 2008

News Briefing: Gates Foundation Follows New Paths

  • The most generous philanthropists in Britain follow a simple formula:  make money, then give it away.  [New York Times]
  • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donate $1 million for educational aid to children impacted by the Iraq war.  [Reuters]
  • Mandela's comments about Zimbabwe may impact his charity concert, scheduled for Saturday.  [Reuters]

June 16, 2008

News Briefing: Mugabe Accuses Aid Agencies Of Working Against Him

  • The three-year renovation of the dinosaur hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is completed.  [New York Times]
  • Zimbabwean President accuses foreign aid agencies of using food as a weapon to try to remove him from power.  [Reuters]

June 04, 2008

News Briefing: In a Crackdown, Zimbabwe Curbs Aid Groups

  • Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have lost access to food and other basic humanitarian assistance as their government suspends international aid.  [New York Times]
  • Europeans still maintain a general view that public support is a social covenant and moral obligation.  [New York Times]

April 07, 2008

News Briefing: Most of Clintons' $10 Million in Charitable Donations Went to Family Foundation

  • American Idol and Fox prepare for their second annual "Idol Gives Back" fundraising appeal.  [New York Times]
  • The Kenyan government is asking donor nations, including the U.S., to provide nearly $500 million to resettle people and rebuild the tens of thousands of burned down homes, businesses, public utilities, and schools.  [New York Times]
  • Seventy-seven percent of nonprofit hospitals are in the black compared to just 61% of for-profit hospitals.  [Wall Street Journal]
  • The majority of the Clintons' charitable contributions over the past eight years has gone to the Clinton Family Foundation.  [Washington Post]
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