Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
Americans have given about $62 million toward the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, making them the second-largest group of donors to the project. Among them are Nick and Suzie Trivisonno, of Charlotte, N.C., who gave an undisclosed sum. Retirees from business and finance, they are regular visitors to France. For their largess, the Trivisonnos were feted at a dinner and invited to the cathedral’s reopening this past weekend. (New York Times)
Plus: Thousands of donors helped fund the Notre Dame reconstruction effort. (New York Times)
Charities funded by oil billionaire Charles Koch have channeled nearly $18 million to two nonprofit law firms that led a successful fight this year to gut federal agencies’ ability to interpret regulations. The New Civil Liberties Alliance and Cause of Action found plaintiffs and shepherded lawsuits all the way to the Supreme Court, which overturned a 40-year-old precedent requiring judges to defer to agency expertise. Now an alliance of Koch-funded groups is targeting a list of regulations to challenge, according to a recording of a conference call reviewed by the Washington Post. (Washington Post)
Background from the Chronicle: Charles Koch’s Book Urges ‘Bottom-Up’ Approach to Philanthropy
The Second Trump Administration
- Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded (Inside Climate News)
- Here’s How Philanthropy May Change Under Trump (Devex)
- The Trump NIH Pick Who Wants to Take On ‘Cancel Culture’ Colleges (Wall Street Journal)
- Here’s How Much Linda McMahon’s Foundation Has Donated to Education Causes (Education Week)
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- A $60 Million Gift Jumpstarts Plan to Boost Dallas County Young Adults’ Wages (Dallas Morning News)
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- UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Study Hopes to Improve Defenses of Nonprofit Organizations (CBS San Francisco)
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