Cancer Charity Rejects Donations Tied to Celebrity Photo Leak – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Cancer Charity Rejects Donations Tied to Celebrity Photo Leak – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Prostate Cancer Foundation has returned donations raised in
connection to the leak of nude celebrity photographs on the social
network Reddit, writes The Washington Post.

Should an Organization Have a Formal Gift-Acceptance Policy? - Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource - Tony Poderis | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis

Should an Organization Have a Formal Gift-Acceptance Policy? - Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource - Tony Poderis | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis: am often asked—and it is a recurring topic in fund-raising forums—about whether non-profits should have a formal gift-acceptance policy. My questioners aren’t just concerned about the rare donation that may come with a tinge of doubt about the donor or a level of concern that acceptance of a specific gift may shine a less than favorable light on the organization. Some seem to have a desire to delineate in writing what an organization will and will not accept as a donation.

SEAL charity refuses donations generated by book | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

SEAL charity refuses donations generated by book | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: The former Navy SEAL who co-authored a controversial first-person book about the raid to kill Osama bin Laden promised to donate most of his earnings to charity. But at least one nonprofit wants nothing to do with it.

The Navy SEAL Foundation says it will not accept any donations generated by the memoir, "No Easy Day," which the Pentagon says likely contains classified information that could put military personnel at risk.

Charities Learn to Turn Away Support Offered by Donors Who Are Overcome with Sympathy

Charities Learn to Turn Away Support Offered by Donors Who Are Overcome with Sympathy: Christine Benero, head of Denver's United Way, has spent a lot of time in recent months turning away some donors who want to support her charity.

Ms. Benero has been at ground zero of high-profile tragedies that have prompted emotional and generous philanthropic responses, first after the wildfires that destroyed more than 350 homes this spring and then after July's mass shooting on the opening night of a new Batman movie.

Charity to let county take home saddled with debt

Charity to let county take home saddled with debt: RACINE — Nobody wants the house that Danielle Shakoor grew up in — even for free.

Not LaSalle Bank, which took the house at 1520 Winslow St. in a 2008 foreclosure, then shed it in a sheriff’s sale two years later.

The Gift Acceptance Policy: What Is It, and Why Does Your Organization Need It?

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The Gift Acceptance Policy: What Is It, and Why Does Your Organization Need It?: "November 2010

Adopting, implementing, and monitoring sound governance policies to accomplish an organization's mission continue to be at the forefront of issues of concern to the nonprofit community. Even implementing the most basic policies encourages operational and managerial efficiency.

By now, most organizations have completed the inaugural filing cycle of the new Form 990 and are familiar with the 'Governance, Management and Disclosure' section, which addresses the existence—or lack thereof—of policies, including conflicts of interest, whistleblower, document retention and destruction, joint ventures, review of the 990, and executive compensation."