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November 03, 2008

News Briefing: Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Rely on Handouts, Struggle On

  • Six months after Cyclone Nargis, many in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta continue to rely on handouts to stay alive.  [Reuters]
  • In economic crisis, the divide grows between universities with huge endowments and those that depend heavily on tuition to pay their bills. [New York Times]
  • The endowment of the University of Texas at Austin takes a $1 billion hit.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:16 AM in Disasters, Economics, Education | | Comments (0) | 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)

September 16, 2008

News Briefing: Red Cross Asks Congress For Millions in Storm Aid

  • G. Wayne Clough, the new chief executive of the Smithsonian, is charged with turning the institution into a tightly run organization.  [New York Times]
  • South Dakota businessman and renowned philanthropist T. Denny Sanford donates $30 million to San Diego's stem cell consortium.  [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  • Thousands of Hurrican Ike victims settle in at shelters for what could be weeks.  [Associated Press]
  • After plunging into debt to provide relief from back-to-back Gulf Coast hurricanes, the Red Cross asks Congress for $150 million in emergency funding.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 09:29 AM in Arts, Disasters, Private Philanthropy | | 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)

September 12, 2008

News Briefing: Hurricanes Deplete Red Cross Relief Fund

  • Recent hurricanes have plunged the American Red Cross into debt.  [Associated Press]
  • Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will step down in January 2009.  [Associated Press]
  • Bill Clinton in talks to address complaints about a 9/11 scholarship fund.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:10 AM in Arts, Disasters, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 08, 2008

News Briefing: South Asia Flood Victims Plead For Food, Safe Water

  • The Children's Museum of the East End is struggling to meet its $1.8 million annual operating budget.  [New York Times]
  • Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center completes his first year.  [New York Times]
  • Aid agencies say there are a few thousand people in South Asia who have no means to survive on their own.  [Reuters]

Posted at 10:28 AM in Arts, Disasters, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 05, 2008

News Briefing: U.S. Offers Storm Aid to Cuba Only Through Relief Groups

  • Stand Up to Cancer, a fundraising and awareness-raising organization, will hold an unprecedented live telethon airing on ABC, NBC, and CBS tonight.  [Associated Press]
  • Aid to poor nations has declined, according to a report by the U.N.  [New York Times]
  • U.S. offers humanitarian aid to Cuban victims of Hurricane Gustav, provided it is through relief organizations and not the government.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:14 AM in Celebrities, Disasters, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 18, 2008

News Briefing: Problems Persist With Red Cross Blood Services

  • Clinton's Foundation aims to stabilize the cost of anti-malaria medication.  [Associated Press]
  • Problems continue with the Red Cross's blood services.  [New York Times]
  • The founder of a defunct Muslim charity is sentenced to a year in prison.  [Associated Press]
  • A Washington-based nonprofit is under fire for high compensation of its longtime chief.  [Washington Post]
  • Billy Crystal joins the Board of the 9/11 memorial foundation.  [Associated Press]

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

June 17, 2008

News Briefing: Red Cross Disaster Fund Is Depleted

  • The rising force of ethnic Chinese philanthropy is apparent in recent major gifts to U.S. universities, think tanks, and others.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • Kuwait rejects the U.S. Department of Treasury's accusation that the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society charity is funding terrorist activities.  [Reuters]
  • The national disaster relief fund of the American Red Cross is depleted.  [Washington Post]
  • For many historic house museums, keeping the lights on has become a challenge.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 09:31 AM in Arts, Disasters, Private Philanthropy, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 20, 2008

News Briefing: `Disaster Fatigue' Leads to Drop in Giving

  • Thousands of Chinese have streamed into the quake region and donated record sums of money in an unscripted public response.  [New York Times]
  • Thirty-five year old Benjamin Todd Jealous becomes the youngest national leader in the NAACP's history.  [Baltimore Sun]
  • Compared with disasters like the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, those in China and Myanmar have generated just a trickle of aid; "disaster fatigue" cited as cause.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 09:23 AM in Disasters | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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