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November 17, 2008

News Briefing: College Leaders' Salaries Climb

  • As families face difficulties in sending their children to college, the pay increases for chief executives at universities is raising concern.  [Washington Post]

  • University of Texas to lay off 3,800 people from the medical center in Galveston Island.  [New York Times]

  • As much as people might like to sit still until their finances feel stable again, many nonprofits need support now.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:02 AM in Education, Fundraising, Healthcare | | 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)

November 13, 2008

News Briefing: US Cracks Down on Islamic Charity

  • The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans on opening and running 25 oncology centers abroad over the next decade in partnership with GE Healthcare.  [New York Times]
  • A group of civil rights attorneys file a federal lawsuit claiming racial discrimination by the Louisiana Road Home program.  [Associated Press]
  • The Bush administration cracks down on the Union of Good, an Islamic charity suspected of bankrolling Hamas.  [Associated Press]
  • When funding comes with strings attached, a nonprofit's ability to invest in staff training, improved IT, and other infrastructure systems is compromised.  [Financial Times]

Posted at 10:17 AM in Healthcare, International, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 05, 2008

News Briefing: Gates Urges Rich Countries Not to Cut Health Aid

  • Gates urges rich world governments to not cut health aid to the developing world.  [Reuters]
  • The New York City Ballet shortens its summer season.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:47 AM in Arts, Healthcare, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 04, 2008

News Briefing: Aid Group Says Zimbabwe Misused $7.3 Million

  • The government of Zimbabwe fails to return $7.3 million that was missued to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.  [New York Times]

  • Donor-advised funds can continue to give money to charities from earnings on the investments.  [Bloomberg]

  • The American Lung Association dissolves its Northwest affiliate.  [Associated Press]

  • Spending in 2009 by some of the country's largest foundations is likely to be flat as the companies behind them weather the global financial crisis.  [Reuters]

Posted at 10:21 AM in Healthcare, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 30, 2008

News Briefing: Starbucks Joins With (RED) in Drinks Promotion

  • Starbuck announces a partnership with Bono's (RED) label, donating a portion of selected holiday drinks to the Global Fund.  [Associated Press]
  • The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission votes to approve the hardship application of St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:16 AM in Celebrities, Corporate Philanthropy, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 06, 2008

News Briefing: At City Opera, Concern Over a Visionary Whose Eye Seems to Wander

  • Three European scientists share the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine.  [Associated Press]
  • The Board of New York City Opera is slightly taken aback by news that Gerard Mortier is also seeking a directorship in Germany.  [New York Times]
  • Across New York, nonprofit organizations are anxiously tracking the demise of longtime donors.  [Washington Post]
  • The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America is pushing to revoke the charter of its Rhode Island chapter.  [Boston Globe]

Posted at 10:35 AM in Arts, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 26, 2008

News Briefing: Aid Workers' Pilot Reported Trouble Before Crash

  • Pilot of plane carrying humanitarian workers reports trouble before crashing in Guatemala.  [Associated Press]
  • Stanford University to severely restrict industry financing of doctors' continuing education at its medical school.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:56 AM in Education, Healthcare, International | | 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)

July 24, 2008

News Briefing: Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort

  • Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg announce a $500 million pledge to stop people around the world from smoking.  [New York Times]
  • A lively debate in the arts world begins about just what cultural equity means.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:42 AM in Arts, Gates, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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