News Briefing: Milken’s Gift Stirs Dispute at U.C.L.A. Law School

• Lowell Milken's $10M gift to U.C.L.A. School of Law sets off an internal debate.  [NY Times]

 

• The compensation of the president of the College Board has tripled since 1999.  [Bloomberg]

News Briefing: GOOD to Buy Jumo, Joining Sites that Help Nonprofits

• Young philanthropists benefit from communities of peers. [Reuters]

• GOOD acquires the social networking site Jumo.  [New York Times]

• Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park will benefit the Robin Hood Foundation.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: 2 NYers Admit Running Phony Breast Cancer Charity

• Two New Yorkers admit to running a bogus breast cancer charity.  [Associated Press]

• The UN World Food Program investigates allegations that food intended for famine victims has been stolen.  [New York Times]

• Nordstrom opens a charitable concept store in Manhattan.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: 9-11 Charities' Missions Continue to Evolve Ten Years Later

• Many 9/11 charities continue to evolve a decade later.  [USA Today]

 

• A coalition of nonprofit groups seek to boycott Amazon over a sales tax fight.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: California Scrutinizes Nonprofits, Sometimes Ending a Tax Exemption

• A growing number of nonprofits in California are denied exemption from property taxes.  [New York Times]

• In Mexico, charitable giving is in short supply.  [The Washington Post]

• The U.S. restores financing to international aid groups in Gaza.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Statue of Liberty Interior Will Close for a Year

• The Statue of Liberty will be closed for a year for safety renovations.  [New York Times]

• UCLA School of Law receives $10 million gift.  [Associated Press]

• Blanca Contreras is sentenced in Ohio for her involvement in the bogus U.S. Navy Veterans Association.  [The Roanoke Times]

News Briefing: Red Cross Condemns Rising Attacks on Health Workers

• The Red Cross condemns rising attacks on health workers in war zones.  [Associated Press]

 

• Charity-care hospital regulations are scrutinized in Atlanta.  [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

News Briefing: Espada's Nonprofit Faces Loss of License

• The Edgar Allan Poe House in Baltimore may close due to lack of funds.  [New York Times]

• The drought and famine in the Horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days.  [Associated Press]

• Soundview Health Network in the Bronx faces the loss of its Medicaid license.  [Wall Street Journal]

• A long-time employee pleads guilty to thefts from the Mark Twain House & Museum in Connecticut.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Bloomberg to Use Own Funds in Plan to Aid Minority Youth

• Bloomberg will use $30 million of his own funds in his plan to aid the city's minority youth.  [New York Times]

• The issue of charity looms large over China, the world's second largest economy.  [Wall Street Journal]

• Jerry Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association stay quiet on why he is leaving the telethon.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Gates Foundation Gives Away $2.5 Billion in 2010

• The Gates Foundation gave away $2.5 billion in 2010.  [Seattle Times]

• Governor Cuomo announces the creation of a task force to investigate executive compensation at nonprofits.  [New York Times]

• Jerry Lewis will not appear in the annual muscular dystrophy telethon this year.  [Reuters]