31Mar/16

Telemarketing charity scam fleeced millions from naïve donors – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)


Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Telemarketing charity scam fleeced millions from naïve donors
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Last year the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement agencies from all 50 states sued James Reynolds Sr. and his network of supposed cancer charities, accusing them of fleecing donors across the country for more than $187 million. In heavy
Office of AG settles claims against two sham cancer charities accused of bilking donors of more than $75 millionFOX43.com
Phony cancer charities that bilked $75M to be liquidatedUSA TODAY
Sham Cancer Charities That Raked in $75 Million Get Shut DownNBCNews.com
ModernHealthcare.com –Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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31Mar/16

Perpetuity or Spend-Down: Does the Notion of Lifespan Matter in Organized Philanthropy? – The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)


The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)

Perpetuity or Spend-Down: Does the Notion of Lifespan Matter in Organized Philanthropy?
The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)
Sunsetting foundations were more donor-centric in certain respects. Among those with a deceased donor, limited life foundations were more likely to say that adhering to the donor’s wishes is very important to foundation effectiveness (there was no

31Mar/16

The Lazarus Phenomenon, Explained: Why Sometimes, the Deceased Are Not Dead, Yet – Smithsonian


Smithsonian

The Lazarus Phenomenon, Explained: Why Sometimes, the Deceased Are Not Dead, Yet
Smithsonian
The dead donor rule, which serves as the ethical standard for organ transplantation, states that “vital organs should only be taken from dead patients and, correlatively, living patients must not be killed by organ retrieval.” For organs to be

31Mar/16

Teacher arrested for sex with student just days after wife booked on similar charge – wivb.com


wivb.com

Teacher arrested for sex with student just days after wife booked on similar charge
wivb.com
About 800 patients are waiting for kidneys in Western New York but only about 50 become available from deceased donors. … According to the District Attorney Chris McCool, “The incidents are separate and unrelated in place and manner of commission.

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