News Briefing: Shakira Helps Rebuild Haiti School

• Hundreds of British arts groups have their public funding slashed.  [Associated Press]

 

• Shakira helps to rebuild a school in Haiti.  [Associated Press]

 

• Burt's Bees founder Roxanne Quimby wants to create a Maine Woods National Park.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: CARE, in Return to Roots, Will Offer Virtual Packages

• CARE will offer donors the option of buying virtual care packages.  [New York Times]

 

• Nicolas Sarkozy's museum plan sparks debate on French culture.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Charity Begins At The ATM: UK Seeks More Donations

• Comcast pledges to establish partnerships between news nonprofits and at least five of the 10 NBC television stations that are owned by NBC Universal.  [New York Times]

• Charities are unlikely to fill the Washington state budget gap.  [Associated Press]

• Charities in the Dallas area are selling Super Bowl tickets to raise money.  [The Dallas Morning News]

• Britain's government considers plans to request a donation to charities each time a customer uses an ATM.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: China embraces modern philanthropy era, legislation lags

China embraces modern philanthropy era, legislation lags [Xinhua]

India's new rich prove reluctant philanthropists [AFP]

Economy dampens Connecticut nonprofits’ fund campaigns [Hartford Business Journal]

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: To Help Donors Choose, Web Site Alters How It Sizes Up Charities

• As the number of millionaires rises in the Asia-Pacific region, so too does the demand for philanthropy-related advisory services.  [New York Times]

 

• Charity Navigator embarks on an overhaul to offer a wider array of information to donors who are deciding which organizations they might help.  [New York Times]

 

• Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, and Justin Timberlake join other celebrities in a charity campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice.  [Associated Press]

 

• High-tech campaigns sweep the nonprofit world.  [Denver Post]

 

• U.S. nonprofit organizations are seeing a slight increase in donations.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Tim McGraw Joins Campaign to Help Fight Hunger

• As nonprofits struggle to continue to provide services, equity investing steps in.  [Forbes]

 

• A retired couple gives away $11 million in lottery winnings to local charities.  [MSNBC]

 

• Tim McGraw tapes public service announcements to raise awareness of hunger in America.  [Associated Press]

 

• Another obstacle stalls the delivery of $1.15 billion in U.S. aid to Haiti.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Nonprofits Rush to Solicit Donations via Text, but the System Is Flawed

The OpenCourseWare Consortium, a worldwide organization of about 250 academic institutions around the world, makes lecture notes and course assignments available to anyone with an Internet connection.  [New York Times]

Many nonprofits cannot afford the kind of promotional campaign needed to publicize mobile giving efforts.  [New York Times]

A growing number of successful Indian entrepreneurs enter the charitable giving realm.  [Washington Post]

Nine scientists receive $1 million each from the Gates Foundation to research novel solutions to global health problems.  [Associated Press]

• The Gates Foundation plans to award as much as $20 million to kick off a program promoting the use of technology to boost college readiness.  [Bloomberg]

 

• A refugee-advocacy group says that more than 70 percent of camps in Haiti, home to an estimated 1.3 million earthquake victims, lack proper international management nearly nine months after the disaster.  [Associated Press]

 

• The William J. Clinton Foundation is donating half a million dollars to the J/P Haitian Relief Organization founded by Sean Penn.  [Associated Press]

News Briefing: Bill Clinton Lobbies for Earthquake Aid to Haiti

• Bill Clinton lobbies for earthquake aid to Haiti.  [Associated Press]

• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria does not reach its goal of $20 billion.  [New York Times]

• Massachusetts Attorney General recommends approval of the proposed sale of Caritas Christi Health Care to a New York private equity firm.  [Boston Globe]