America’s historically black colleges and universities are facing a hard choice: continue struggling for much needed funds or accept a donation from David and Charles Koch. From one perspective, this is a win-win scenario. The colleges get funding in the face of decreases in government funding and aid and the Koch brothers will perhaps attract …
Posts Categorized: Donations
Where Do Clothing Bin Donations Go?
When people put old clothes in the used-clothing bins around New York City, they believe those clothes are going to charity. But The New York Times explains that is not always the case. Although most of the bins around the city have signs indicating that donated goods will go to the needy or to charities, …
NY Attorney General Announces $25 Million Settlement
Earlier this month, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the $24.6 million settlement his office secured after an investigation into direct mail fundraising abuses at one of the country’s largest veterans’ charities, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF). The AG’s Charities Bureau, which conducted the investigation, determined that the abuses were perpetrated by DVNF’s two …
Online Giving Grows, But Remains Small Percentage of Overall Donations
Do you think most charitable giving is done online? While online giving increased by about 13% in 2013, according to a survey of 100 of the largest nonprofits conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, it remains a very small portion of total donations. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society reportedly received the largest sum of online …
How Does the Donald Sterling Scandal Affect Nonprofits?
Shortly after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced league sanctions against LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his recorded racist comments, UCLA announced that it was terminating its agreement with the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation that would have brought the university $3 million in research funds. The Foundation had agreed to provide the money over …
AmazonSmile: Shopping for Charity
Ever wish a portion of all of your purchases supported charity, not just purchases of pink water bottles and (RED)TM t-shirts? AmazonSmile does just that. When you purchase from the website, the company will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charity (you choose from nearly one million charities). This is in …