News Briefing: Giving to Charity by Managing Your E-Mail

• ConAgra Foods donates $420,000 to 11 nonprofits to help combat child hunger.  [Associated Press]

 

• Endowment manager Alice Handy regularly beats the S & P's 500 index for clients such as Smith, Barnard, and Middlebury.  [Bloomberg]

 

• GiveBackMail promises to give 25 percent of its profit to charity if users route their e-mail through its Website.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Children's Aid to Sell Sites for $33 Million

• The Boys & Girls Club of America reaches out through social media.  [New York Times]

 

• Children's Aid Society will seel two Greenwich Village sites for $33 million.  [Wall Street Journal]

 

• A. Alfred Taubman pledges $11 million to Lawrence Technological University.  [Detroit Free Press]

News Briefing: Burdened by PBS Dues, Stations Consider Withdrawing

• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria freezes payments to China in dispute over the country's management of its grants.  [New York Times]

 

• Some PBS stations question whether they can continue to make the PBS business model work.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates

• The Gates Foundation seeks to overhaul the nation's education policies.  [New York Times]

 

• Rubicon Property will donate a portion of its fee from every sale to charity:water.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Two Girl Scouts Launch Palm Oil Crusade

• New York City Opera to move out of Lincoln Center.  [New York Times]

 

• Two Girl Scouts seek to change the recipe for Girl Scout cookies.  [Wall Street Journal]

 

• The New York Public Library turns 100.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Stars at Cannes Turn Out for AIDS Charity Event

• The Intiman Theater in Seattle closes under financial strain.  [New York Times]

 

• Paul and Muffy Cristen pledge $20 million to the South Dakota Community Foundation.  [Rapid City Journal]

 

• Kid Rock donates $50,000 to five Detroit area charities.  [Associated Press]

 

• Stars line up to attend amFAR's fundraising gala in Cannes.  [Associated Foreign Press]

News Briefing: MDC to Receive Millions from Gates Foundation

Miami Dade College is getting a multi-million dollar financial boost from the Gates Foundation.  [Miami Herald]

Princess Beatrice's hat is auctioned for charity, raising $30,000.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Campaign to Raise the Profile of Central Park’s Protector

• Dell has pledged $5 million to the University of Texas at Austin.  [Associated Press]

 

• Bard College receives $60 million from the Open Society Foundations for global initiatives.  [New York Times]

 

• The Central Park Conservancy launches a new advertising campaign.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Doris Buffett Transfers a Wealth of Knowledge to College Students

• Doris Buffett's "Learning by Giving" philanthropy course spreads to 30 schools across the country.  [Washington Post]

 

• Kenny Chesney turns his May 25th concert into a benefit show for Tuscaloosa.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: I.R.S. Moves to Tax Gifts to Groups Active in Politics

• The I.R.S. moves to tax gifts made to nonprofit advocacy groups that are active in politics.  [New York Times]

 

• The University of Pennsylvania receives $225 million for its medical school from Raymond and Ruth Perelman.  [Associated Press]

 

• Princess Beatrice's hat will be auctioned to raise money for charity.  [Associated Press]