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January 02, 2019
Social Worker Leaves Surprise $11 Million to Charities for Children: Daily News Roundup
Top News
- Social Worker Left Surprise $11 Million Gift to Children’s Charities (Associated Press)
- Baltimore Archdiocese Changes Name of Fundraising Drive After Sex-Abuse Scandals (Washington Post)
- Jeff Bezos Picks Former Alexa VP to Lead New Education-Focused Philanthropic Effort (GeekWire)
- Google Assistant Lets Users Donate to Charity With Spoken Commands (Digital Trends). See more from the Chronicle about how digital assistants are helping nonprofits raise money.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil (New York Times)
About Nonprofits, Government, and Politics
- Smithsonian and National Zoo Close After New Year’s Due to Shutdown (Washington Post)
- Tex. Volunteers Start Pop-Up Medical Clinics to Help Screen Migrant Children (NPR)
- Critics Say New York’s New Attorney General May Compromise Trump Foundation Investigation (New York Times)
- Joe Biden’s Nonprofit Connections Vetted Before Rumored Presidential Run (New York Times)
More News
- Ole Miss to Return Most of $402,100 Donated by Businessman Sentenced in $100 Million Ponzi Scheme (Clarion Ledger)
- Couple Holds New Year’s Eve Charity Wedding at Feed My Starving Children (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
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Individual giving, Foundation giving, Major gifts, Innovation, Management and leadership, Advocacy and mission, Government and regulation