News Briefing: Bill Clinton Secures Record Philanthropic Pledges

• Michelle Obama urges international development organizations to engage military veterans, telling her audience at the Clinton Global Initiative that veterans' skills are "woefully underutilized."  [Associated Press]

• Bill Clinton secures a record 291 pledges worth more than $6 billion to tackle global woes at his philanthropic summit.  [Reuters]

• eBay hosts a charity auction called TwitChange, through which people can bid to have celebrities follow them, retweet their posts, or tweet their username on Twitter for three months.  [New York Daily News]

• David Rubenstein gives $10 million to the Kennedy Center.  [Baltimore Sun]

News Briefing: March of Dimes Evolution in Online Fundraising

• March of Dimes Evolution in Online Fundraising [Chronicle of Philanthropy] 

• Celebrating the Simple, Lifesaving Act of Breastfeeding [Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]

News Briefing: Site Diverts Shopping Money to Charities

• BRAC USA launches a Web site that lets people donate to charity the money they would have spent on a present.  [New York Times]

• A year after Madoff's scheme collapsed, investigators are still struggling to measure the full scope and impact of the fraud.  [Associated Press]

• A decrease in funds forces cultural institutions to scramble.  [New York Times]

News Briefing: Billionaire Aids Charity That Aided Him

• Sergey Brin, the billionaire co-founder of Google, gives $1 million to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.  [New York Times]

• Paul and Diane Manning donate $5 million to fund diabetes research at the University of Virginia Health System.  [Washington Post]

• The President of the Baltimore City Council calls for an audit of the city's involvement with the Balitmore City Foundation.  [Baltimore Sun]

• Donors give to their favorite charities at rates similar to their grants before the recession.  [Associated Press]