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Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
2 weeks ago
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Funding Climate Mitigation: A Conversation with Michael Thatcher and Daniel Stein - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Philanthropic giving for climate mitigation remains relatively stagnant despite the escalating climate crisis. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago
Education

Donors Stay Largely Silent Amid New Wave of Campus Protests

Student protests against the war in Gaza causing turmoil and arrests at top American colleges, raising concerns about antisemitism on campus. [ more ]
New York Post
2 months ago
Education

How donors small and large can shake up woke higher education

Donors across the ideological spectrum are concerned about the decline of free speech and academic rigor.
Philanthropists are urged to adopt a more effective and aggressive approach to bring about necessary reforms in higher education. [ more ]
WSJ
4 months ago
Education

Donors Pushing Around School Presidents? Higher Education Has Become College Football.

College presidents are facing challenges from donors who demand changes in college sports.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight faced resistance from the state's board of higher education when he wanted to donate a new facility for the University of Oregon football team. [ more ]
Above the Law
5 months ago
Education

Penn Donors Push Out President, Continue Whistling Past The Professor Bringing White Nationalists To Campus

University of Pennsylvania donors are upset about a law professor's controversial statements and actions
President Liz Magill resigned due to pressure from donors after her congressional testimony [ more ]
Axios
5 months ago
Education

Harvard president apologizes over answers in antisemitism hearing

Harvard President Claudine Gay apologized for failing to strongly denounce threats of antisemitic violence during congressional testimony.
Major donors, the White House, and campus communities have condemned the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT for their answers regarding calls for the genocide of Jews. [ more ]
Truthout
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Dark Money-Funded No Labels Group Drops Long-Shot Third-Party White House Bid

No Labels abandoned its plan for a third-party White House bid due to lack of viable candidates.
Wealthy Trump supporters like Nelson Peltz are donors to No Labels. [ more ]
Axios
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Trump, RNC report raising $65.6 million in March

The Biden campaign and DNC had $97.5 million on hand in February, double that of the Trump campaign and RNC.
Biden's fundraising efforts include a successful star-studded event with Obama and Clinton, garnering over $25 million, with a third from small donors. [ more ]
pennlive
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Biden fundraiser in NYC with Obama, Clinton nets a record $25M, campaign says

A record-breaking $25 million raised for President Joe Biden at a New York City fundraiser
Various access tiers for donors include onstage conversation with three presidents and musical performances [ more ]
Mission Local
2 months ago
San Francisco

Mayor London Breed is sabotaging her own $300M affordable housing bond

San Francisco's political power predominantly supports Mayor Breed's Proposition A for affordable housing.
Publicly, there is strong support for Proposition A, but privately, backers express concerns about its approval. [ more ]
Mission Local
3 months ago
San Francisco

BigMoneySF: Explore the major players paying out to remake San Francisco

There are various donor groups in San Francisco that exert political influence.
Many of these donors have links to real estate and come from old money. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
US politics

Some Major G.O.P. Donors Begin a Slow Turn Toward Trump

Republican donors are opening the door to former President Trump, potentially redirecting support from Nikki Haley.
Major donors are ready for Haley's campaign to end and focus on President Biden, acknowledging her slim chances against Trump. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Europe politics

Tory donors deny funding poll for group working to oust Sunak

Conservative donors are denying funding polling for a group working to oust Rishi Sunak.
Senior Tory figures are scrambling to uncover the mystery donors behind the Conservative Britain Alliance. [ more ]
Theregister
5 months ago
Privacy professionals

DonorView exposes 1M records for unknown time frame

Close to a million records containing personally identifiable information of donors to non-profits were found exposed in an online database owned by DonorView.
The exposed data included donor names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and payment methods. [ more ]
New York Post
5 months ago
New York City

NY Assembly Democrats hit up donors with early fundraiser before start of '24 session

The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee and Speaker Carl Heastie are planning a fundraiser before the opening of the 2024 legislative session.
The asking price for attendance ranges from $1,000 to $25,000. [ more ]
The Drum
5 months ago
Books

How Prema-Quebec used a 1.8lb book to raise funds

Préma-Québec won the Print Award at The Drum Awards for Media for their innovative campaign to attract more donors.
The campaign involved creating 'The 1.8 Pound Book,' a book weighing the equivalent of a very large preemie, to raise awareness about premature babies. [ more ]
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