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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]

Posted at 10:20 AM in Africa, Arts, 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)

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)

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)

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 20, 2008

News Briefing: Carell Hosts Charity Screening of `Get Smart'

  • Japanese police arrested two Greenpeace activists on suspicion of stealing about fifty pounds of whale meat.  [Associated Press]
  • The ACLU files a request in Dallas to have two Muslim organizations removed from a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case.  [Dallas Morning News]

Posted at 09:43 AM in Celebrities, Environment, Terrorism | | Comments (1) | 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 06, 2008

News Briefing: Charity That Helped Pentagon Victims is Closing

  • West Virginia University's Faculty Senate declares no confidence in President Mike Garrison in the aftermath of a degree scandal involving the governor's daughter.  [Associated Press]
  • Save the Children issues its global report; more than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care.  [Associated Press]
  • The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the September 11 attacks is closing.  [Associated Press]
  • The Smithsonian Institution rules out plans to outsource the renovation and operation of one of its oldest buildings on the National Mall. [Associated Press]

Posted at 09:52 AM in Arts, Children, Education, International, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

January 08, 2008

News Briefing: Founder of a Nonprofit Is Punished by Its Board

  • Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta, faces the prospect of losing its accreditation.  [New York Times]
  • Yale plans on spending $1.15 billion of its endowment in fiscal year 2009 in order to provide more financial aid, bolster scientific research, and make the university's resources more widely available.  [Washington Post]
  • Holden Karnofsky, founder of GiveWell, is demoted after promoting the organization on a Web site by posing as a prospective donor.  [New York Times]
  • An Islamic group has withdrawn its offer of $1.5 million to Temple University, after concerns were raised about the group's possible links to terrorism.  [Philadelphia Inquirer]
  • The E.P.A. introduces a public education campaign aimed at getting consumers to recycle their cell phones.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:57 AM in Education, Environment, Healthcare, Technology, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 23, 2007

News Briefing: Alumni Try to Keep Ohio College Open

  • A growing number of retirees insist on being paid for their volunteer work.  [New York Times]
  • $5 million leadership prize is awarded by new foundation to Joaquim A. Chissano, Mozambique's second president, for his role in ending his country's 16-year civil war.  [New York Times]
  • Alumni of Antioch College fight to keep the school open, raising $15 million to prevent its temporary closing.  [Associated Press]
  • Prosecutors will likely retry the former leaders of the Holy Land Foundation, after the case ended in a mistrial yesterday.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:06 AM in Africa, Education, Foundations, Terrorism, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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