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November 20, 2008

News Briefing: America's Attic Is Ready for Its Public

  • Veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond will not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP.  [Baltimore Sun]
  • Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art is seeking large cash infusions from donors after falling into economic crisis.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • The Wallace Foundation awards $7.7 million to nine Seattle arts groups and the Washington State Arts Commission.  [Seattle Times]
  • The National Museum of American History reinvents itself after an $85 million overhaul.  [Washington Post]
  • A MacArthur Foundation study describes new-media usage.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:47 AM in Arts, Foundations, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 12, 2008

News Briefing: 'Idol' Gives Back Over $64 Million to Charities

  • A New York Times executive becomes the president and chief executive of National Public Radio.  [New York Times]
  • American Idol allocates $64 million in grants to six charities.  [Associated Press]
  • As formalized philanthropy in the Middle East surges, nonprofits around the world can expect billions of new donated dollars.  [Wall Street Journal]

Posted at 10:21 AM in Arts, Celebrities, Foundations, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 09, 2008

News Briefing: Charities Uneasy After Federal Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

  • The Heinz Family Foundation announces its $250,000 award winners.  [Associated Press]
  • College presidents and policy experts defend the rising costs of tuition and argue against forcing colleges to spend more of their endowments.  [New York Times]
  • The government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make charities in the D.C. area uneasy about future funding.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 10:04 AM in Corporate Philanthropy, Education, Foundations, Government | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 05, 2008

News Briefing: New York Hospitals Create Outcry in Foreign Deal

  • Clinton's Foundation to focus efforts on fighting AIDS in the United States.  [Associated Press]
  • Coach Pat Summitt will donate $600,000 to the University of Tennessee.  [Associated Press]
  • Citgo, the Venezuelan-owned oil company, is making a $1.5 million donation to the nonprofit group CASA to help fund programs for low-income workers.  [Washington Post]
  • New York City's Health & Hospitals Corporation has signed a ten-year, $100 million contract with a profit-making medical school in the Caribbean.  [New York Times]

Posted at 11:54 AM in Education, Foundations, Healthcare, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 04, 2008

News Briefing: Not Many Speak Their Mind to Gates Foundation

  • After the long and bitter primaries, Clinton calls his foundation 'my life.'  [Washington Post]
  • Network for Good acquires ePhilanthropy, part of a strategy to expand its reach without draining money from other parts of the nonprofit world.  [Washington Post]
  • The Gates Foundation's clout and power worries some critics.  [Seattle Times]
  • Whole Foods shows its support for small-scale agriculture by offering grants to help firms that meet its quality standards.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • IBM's Corporate Service Corps program aims to stretch the company's global reach.  [Wall Street Journal]

Posted at 09:37 AM in Foundations, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 23, 2008

News Briefing: A $500 Million Home for Gates's Charity

  • The Gates Foundation breaks ground on its new $500 million headquarters.  [Associated Press]
  • Berea College in Kentucky accepts only applicants from low-income families, and it charges no tuition.  [New York Times]

Posted at 12:52 PM in Education, Foundations, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 07, 2008

News Briefing: Hippie Arrests Draw A.C.L.U.’s Attention

  • The A.C.L.U. will investigate the actions of federal officers who arrested five members of the Rainbow Family in western Wyoming.  [Associated Press]
  • Lawyers for the former leaders of a Muslim charity ask judge to dismiss the case.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:46 AM in Foundations, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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]

Posted at 10:19 AM in Africa, Celebrities, Foundations, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 09, 2008

News Briefing: Audit Faults an Education Nonprofit

  • Forty thousand people - including Condoleezza Rice and Cynthia Nixon - participate in Washington's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  [Washington Post]
  • A federal audit of Teach for America finds that the organization did not properly account for $775,000 in government money.  [New York Times]
  • The number of smaller private foundations continues to grow.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:59 AM in Education, Foundations, Fundraising, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 13, 2008

News Briefing: Retiring Microsoft Official to Run Gates Foundation

  • Microsoft executive Jeffrey Raikes has been named the new chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  [New York Times]
  • The United Nations presses the junta in Myanmar to accept international assistance.  [New York Times]
  • Jeffrey Raikes speaks about the transition from technology to nonprofits.  [Wall Street Journal]
  • The American Red Cross might relocate some of its employees to a satellite office in Northern Virginia to generate additional revenue.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 10:00 AM in Disasters, Foundations, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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