Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s foundation decides to do battle with the coal industry. Bloomberg obviously doesn’t buy the combination of the words “clean” and “coal.”
Detroit Foundations Subsidize Business Employees’ Move Downtown
Detroit foundations may help corporations subsidize their employees to move to downtown neighborhoods. Will the employees buy and rent in downtown and midtown, or will they eschew generous financial incentives and continue to commute from the suburbs?
Ethnic Group Capitalizes on Facebook
A Filipino-American group taps the popularity of social media among the next generation to recognize outstanding community nonprofits and leaders.
AIP Calls for Three Cups of Tea Author Mortenson to Leave His Nonprofit
The American Institute of Philanthropy calls for the resignation of Greg Mortenson, author of the dishonest Three Cups of Tea memoir, from his Central Asia Institute charity. AIP says CAI cannot recover the trust of donors with Mortenson as executive director.
NPQ’s Week in Review | July 18 – July 22, 2011
This week in the Week in Review: sudden departures from the administration’s nonprofit brain trust continue with Sonal Shah’s leaving the White House Office of Social Innovation, how the budget/debt ceiling stalemate in Washington affects nonprofits, and the governor and the legislature in Minnesota seem to have struck a deal on the Minnesota budget, but the impacts on nonprofits were not inconsequential.
Brookings: Philanthropic Response to Suburban Poverty
The Brookings Institution yesterday released a study on philanthropic responses to poverty outside of municipal centers, specifically in the regions around Denver, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta.
PETA Turns Attention to Saving Endangered Ferries
PETA, of many and varied controversial ad campaigns, has offered to save a new endangered species — the Connecticut River Ferries — by placing ads on the ferries to help keep them afloat financially.
Blue Shield of Delaware Ordered to Establish Foundation with Reserves
In order to move forward with a planned merger Blue Shield of Delaware has been ordered to establish a charitable foundation to serve the health concerns of needy Delawareans with a portion of its $181 million in reserves.
9/11 Charities Hope to Open Hearts and Wallets
Nonprofits helping 9/11 victims and programs are focusing on fundraising to capitalize on the 10th anniversary of the devastating events.
Lessons from the Planned 2012 Shutdown of the Princess Diana Memorial Fund
Intended to exist in perpetuity, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund is shutting down by the end of 2012. What can its history teach us about charities dedicated to celebrity icons?
Hershey Board Members Rake in $500,000 Trustee Fees
How much money can you make as a board member of the nonprofit Hershey Trust conglomerate? Plenty.
NGOs in Pakistan Required to Brand Their Aid as from the American People
Does putting a tag around the neck of livestock that reads, “this goat is from the people of America,” win the hearts and minds of Pakistanis and other recipients of U.S. aid?