Accountability
September 30, 2015 at 6:00 am
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards defended fetal tissue research before a House committee Tuesday, arguing that it offers potentially lifesaving answers on degenerative eye disease, Down syndrome and infectious diseases. The Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is conducting one of four investigations into Planned Parenthood in the wake of a series of…
September 25, 2015 at 10:06 am
Three former H.J. Heinz employees are suing the Kraft Heinz Co. because the company ended a program that would have made large donations to charity in those employees' names. The H.J. Heinz Co. in 1989 offered the Key Employee Charitable Award Program, in which eligible top employees could donate money each year for five years…
September 25, 2015 at 10:00 am
We often hear of “competition” between organizations fighting for the same cause. Some lament the number of “competitors” seeking cures, treatments or programs to remedy the same ailment or condition. This notion, that sharing a vision for the future means competing for resources, must be dispelled. In order to flourish, like-minded organizations must support one…
September 25, 2015 at 9:49 am
Kickstarter is no old hat when it comes to philanthropy. The online funding platform has been the go-between for raising money for everything from trans healthcare awareness to resurrecting the 90s-nostalgic educational show "Reading Rainbow" via Web series to helping Bill Nye the Science Guy stop global warming and save the world with science. And now,…
September 25, 2015 at 9:32 am
Many events or activities will be completely out of our control. In the majority of cases, events have placed us in a situation of transition where we have to ride the storm out and move on. The good news with bad outcomes is we learn to cope and adjust to transitions and try to understand it...
September 23, 2015 at 10:30 am
A local-business support group has asked that Waking Life Espresso return a loan intended to support a second location as anger mounted Monday over anonymous Internet media posts in which the coffee shop owners boasted of sexual conquests. That request from Mountain BizWorks came the same day another nonprofit, Our VOICE, said it would reject…
September 22, 2015 at 11:01 am
If you donated cash to survivors of the Nepal earthquakes this year, you may want to consider exactly how—or if—your money has been used. Sixteen of the world's largest disaster-relief charities have revealed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation that they are spending up to a sixth of funds designated for Nepal on their overheads rather…
September 17, 2015 at 10:39 am
Federal legislation is being unveiled today that would force the American Red Cross to do something that it has repeatedly resisted: open its books and operations to outside scrutiny. The proposed American Red Cross Sunshine Act comes in response to a government report, also being released today, that finds oversight of the charity lacking and…
September 11, 2015 at 10:03 am
College is expensive. For a single mother with four sons, three of whom are in college, the costs can be nightmare-inducing. Why not ask friends, family and the community to help out while everyone has a good time partying? San Diego Unified School Board President Marne Foster has discovered how much trouble a parent and…
September 11, 2015 at 9:31 am
Federal authorities on Thursday indicted former Community Action of Minneapolis CEO Bill Davis and his son, Minneapolis Police Officer Jordan Davis, on 16 counts of fraud and theft, alleging they spent money meant for weatherization projects on personal travel, dining, entertainment and a car. The charges say the pair devised and executed a scheme to…
