News Briefing: A London University Wrestles With a Qaddafi Gift

• The London School of Economics will divert a donation it received from the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation to establish a scholarship fund for North African students.  [New York Times]

 

• College graduates increasingly take public service jobs.  [New York Times]

 

• Newark mayor Cory Booker has raised $43 million so far to match a $100 million challenge grant from Mark Zuckerberg.  [The Star-Ledger]

News Briefing: For Federal Programs, a Taste of Market Discipline

• President Obama will propose setting aside $100 million for a social impact bond program.  [New York Times]

 

• Garth Brooks' concert series in December is expected to bring in $5 million for flood relief in Tennessee.  [Los Angeles Times]

News Briefing: Nonprofits Fear Losing Tax Benefit

• Suicide prevention groups are increasingly focusing their attentions online.  [Associated Press]

 

• Indian billionaires begin to heed the philanthropy call.  [Wall Street Journal]

 

• Nonprofits fear losing tax deduction benefits.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Cultural Boards Get Younger Look

• A study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy says that only 11 percent of American foundations devoted at least half their grants to programs that benefit vulnerable students.  [Associated Press]

 

• The Supreme Court will decide whether patents on inventions that arise from federally-funded research must go to the university where the inventor worked.  [Associated Press]

 

• New York's elite cultural boards begin recruiting trustees under 40.  [Wall Street Journal]

 

• Newark's Cory Booker has raised $240 million for parks, schools, and police since taking office in 2006.  [Bloomberg]

News Briefing: U.N. Sounds Alarm on Aid for Pakistan

• So far, about 40 billionaires have accepted the Giving Pledge challenge - with some notable exceptions.  [San Francisco Chronicle]

• Aid organizations and the U.N. express alarm that the response for aid in Pakistan has been slow.  [New York Times]

• Pakistani officials acknowledge that the country's security could be gravely affected if more international aid does not arrive soon.  [Washington Post]

• The Obama administration offers $250 million in federal grants to build health clinics and bolster services at existing clinics for low-income patients.  [Washington Post]

News Briefing: $470 Million City Error Puts Charities in Chaos

• A mistake in how the city planned to distribute $470 million for programs for children - ranging from family counseling to AIDS education - has left charities across the city in chaos.  [New York Times]

• A life-size statue of Elvis Presley is among a trove of Rod Blagojevich's belongings in an Illinois storage facility that the warehouse owner says he will sell at auction if the former governor doesn't settle his debt.  [Chicago Tribune]

• The nation marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  [Washington Post]

News Briefing: At Harvard Law, Kagan was Fundraiser in Chief

• Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan raised hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard Law School from wealthy donors while she was its dean.  [Associated Press]

• The Lloyd & Laura Blankfein Foundation donated $1.7 million in 30 donations in its fiscal year.  [Bloomberg]

News Briefing: Tax-Exempt Funds Aid Settlements in West Bank

• Some groups in the U.S. use tax-exempt donations to help Jews establish permanence in the Israeli-occupied territories.  [New York Times]

• Warren Buffett makes his annual gift to the Gates Foundation.  [Bloomberg]

• BP says it has yet to decide how to handle claims filed by religious groups and other charitable organizations that are endangered because people can no longer afford to contribute.  [Associated Press]

• Companies find ways to bypass the ban on earmarks.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Panera Co. to Open More Pay-What-You-Wish Eateries

• Prince Harry spends three days in New York, visiting West Point, promoting his charity, and throwing the first pitch at the Mets game.  [Associated Press]

• Panera plans to expand its new nonprofit model around the country.  [Associated Press]

• Lawmakers fund charities with earmarks.  [USA Today]

News Briefing: Plenty of Gulf Volunteers, Not Enough Work to Do

• The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has brought out thousands of people who want to help.  [Associated Press]

• Warren Buffett's annual charity auction hits $1,500,100 with twelve hours to go.  [Dow Jones]

• Senator Tom Harkin will hold a series of hearings to examine the surge in federally funded grants and loans flowing to for-profit colleges in the U.S.  [Washington Post]