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November 06, 2008

News Briefing: Pasadena Orchestras Lay Off Top Executives

  • The Points of Light Institute reimburses people who were unwittingly part of a scandal involving the sale of false travel packages.  [New York Times]
  • The Orchestras of Pasadena have laid off their two top executives.  [Los Angeles Times]

Posted at 10:18 AM in Arts, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 25, 2008

News Briefing: Plane Carrying Humanitarian Workers Crashes in Guatemala

  • The Peace Corps prepares to cut back on new volunteers.  [Washington Post]
  • Developers and landlords in New York City may spend tens of millions of dollars renovating over 100,000 apartments to comply with federal housing laws.  [New York Times]
  • A small plane carrying humanitarian workers crashes in eastern Guatemala, killing ten people.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:22 AM in Elderly, International, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 21, 2008

News Briefing: Testing the Waters With Internships

  • The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, Connecticut unveils a nine-month, $1.5 million restoration project.  [New York Times]
  • Midlife and older adults explore internships in nonprofits as a way to try something new.  [New York Times]
  • A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego.  [Associated Press]
  • Verna Dautervive donates $25 million to USC in memory of her husband.  [Los Angeles Times]

Posted at 10:04 AM in Arts, Education, Healthcare, Private Philanthropy, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 04, 2008

News Briefing: Red Cross Volunteers Tell of Frustration

  • San Diego residents who volunteered with the Red Cross during the wildfires in October are frustrated with more than just the money spent on unused hotel rooms.  [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  • To many public health leaders, Bill and Melinda Gates' call to eradicate malaria is both inspirational and quixotic.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:02 AM in Disasters, Gates, Healthcare, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

February 26, 2008

News Briefing: California Creates Cabinet Post to Manage Volunteers

  • Charity sues Rhode Island Hospital, claims it did not honor a bequest made in 1912.  [The Boston Globe]
  • The New York Philharmonic plays an unprecedented concert in North Korea.  [Reuters]
  • Governor Schwarzenegger creates a cabinet-level office for volunteer management, the first such state cabinet position in the country.  [New York Times]
  • Israeli troops seize the facilities of a Hamas-affiliated charity in Hebron, saying it has funneled money to the group's militant activities.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:00 AM in Accountability, Arts, Healthcare, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

February 20, 2008

News Briefing: College Donations Go Up in 2007

  • The Israel Museum opens an exhibit of important art looted by the Nazis from France and then returned after the war.  [New York Times]
  • Donations to colleges and universities rose to a record of nearly $30 billion in 2007.  [Associated Press]
  • Google.org teams up with the Soros Economic Development Fund and Omidyar Network to fund a $17 million company that will invest in India.  [Associated Press]
  • Princeton works to create a program that will send interested students on a year of social service work in a foreign country before they start as freshmen.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:43 AM in Arts, Education, Technology, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

January 29, 2008

News Briefing: Federal Probe of Stolen Art Goes National

  • San Francisco's five nonprofit hospitals received $79 million in tax breaks and spent only $16 million on charity care.  [San Francisco Chronicle]
  • The March of Dimes has expanded its focus to include all things infant.  [Washington Post]
  • Approximately 500 Afghan women protest against the kidnapping of an American aid worker.  [Associated Press]
  • A federal investigation into looted Asian antiquities has broadened from southern California to include a prominent Chicago art collector.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • President Bush's Freedom Corps - the volunteer initiative he began in 2002 - has fallen short of some of its goals.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:22 AM in Accountability, Arts, Children, Government, International, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

December 07, 2007

News Briefing: How Groups of the Rich Diverge in Philanthropy

  • Children along the Gulf Coast struggle with mental health problems after 2005 hurricanes.  [New York Times]
  • Barack Obama unveils plan to expand national service programs.  [Chicago Tribune]
  • California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the names of donors to the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that has funded his trips by private jet.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • Center on Philanthropy's Portraits of Donors study uncovers patterns in giving among the nation's wealthiest donors.  [Washington Post]
  • Massachusetts Attorney General clears the Citi Performing Arts Center after an inquiry cites some procedural lapses, but no legal wrongdoing.  [Boston Globe]

Posted at 09:36 AM in Arts, Children, Disasters, Government, Private Philanthropy, Volunteers | | 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)

September 21, 2007

News Briefing: A Small College, Painted Into a Corner

  • New York rejects millions of dollars in federal grants for abstinence-only sex education.  [New York Times]
  • Randolph College weighs selling its $100 million art collection to prop up its sagging finances.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 09:58 AM in Arts, Education, Government, Volunteers | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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